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• Fortune Brands gives pay to walk away… 
  footnoted  | Sep 13,'11
  At the end of July, Fortune Brands, Inc. (FO) filed an 8-K about its plan to spin-off its home and security business (which makes Moen, Master Lock, and other brands ) from the part of the company that makes premium spirits (think Jim Beam, Courvoisier, Maker's Mark, and more). Most of it focused on who will take what roles if the spin-off should occur, and who will leave altogether. It
• McGraw-Hill to Split Markets, Education Into Two Public Companies 
  The Wall Street Journal  | Sep 12,'11
  McGraw-Hill Cos . plans to separate its markets and education businesses into two public companies and is accelerating its $1 billion stock-repurchase plan. The company said McGraw-Hill Markets will primarily focus on capital and commodities markets, while McGraw-Hill Education will provide education services and digital learning. McGraw-Hill said in June it planned to sell its
• Greenwash Alert: Greenopia's “Top 25 Wine Producers” 
  Eat. Drink. Better.  | Sep 8,'11
  Right there, plain and clearly, was the admission of greenwash. The only way to be included in Greenopia's "Top 25 Wine Producers" guide is to pay $2500. Kinda staggering, really. More on Eat Drink Better: Greenwash Alert: Fortune Brands' Skinny Girl Cocktails Pulled off the Shelves of Whole Foods Sustainable Wine Review: Vegan Wine?
• Pernod Ricard eyes debt reduction, tactical deals 
  Marketwatch.com  | Sep 8,'11
  LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Large, transformational acquisitions across the globe are off the agenda until Pernod Ricard SA (RI.FR) ramps up its investor profile by further offloading its debt, but swooping for bolt-on deals is very much alive, the French spirits giant's finance chief Gilles Bogaert told Dow Jones Newswires. "Our priority is to deleverage. When we are deleveraged, we can
• Skinny Girl Cocktails Contain E211 – An Additive Linked to Aging, Cancer 
  Eat. Drink. Better.  | Sep 3,'11
  Whole Foods confirmed via email that that Skinny Girl cocktails 'did not meet their quality standards' so they had to stop selling it. The offending ingredient, which is not listed on the bottles because there is no ingredient list at all, turns out to be Sodium Benzoate.
• Greenwash Alert: Fortune Brands' Skinny Girl Cocktails Pulled off the Shelves of Whole Foods 
  Eat. Drink. Better.  | Sep 1,'11
  Skinny Girl cocktails, the brain child of Bethenny Frankel the Real Housewives of New York City star, has been pulled off the shelves of Whole Foods after they learned that 'the natural ingredients are not so natural.' More on Eat Drink Better: Girl Scouts cookies – Courage, Confidence, Character & Corn Syrup Palm Oil and the Girl Scouts: Is There a Sustainable Solution?

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