Sabmiller.

SABMILLER SABMiller (South African Breweries - Miller) (LSE: SAB, JSE: SAB,Official site) is one of the world’s largest brewers, with brewing interests and distribution agreements in over 60 countries across six continents. , a British brewing brewing: see beer. company, launched a tender offer seeking 100% control of Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus Backus is a surname declining at the German family name Backhaus.

It is the name of several notable people:

A.E. Backus (1909—1990), American artist
Billy Backus (born 1943), former world boxing champion

& Johnston, a Peruvian beer company. SABMiller could spend up to US$400 million if it gets full control of the Peruvian beer company, a portion of which it already owns indirectly through its Colombian subsidiary Bavaria.

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Title Annotation:	Cervecerias Peruanas Backus & Johnston launches tender
Publication:	Latin Trade
Article Type:	Brief article
Geographic Code:	3PERU
Date:	Jun 1, 2006
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