Japan's Suntory to buy U.S. spirits maker Beam for $13.6 billion cash
13 January 2014 | Reuters
Suntory Holdings Ltd on Monday said it would buy U.S. spirits company Beam Inc for $13.6 billion cash in a deal that would make the Japanese company the world's third-largest spirits maker.
Ethanol coproduct to be used in enhanced oil recovery
3 January 2014 | Ethanol Producer Magazine
Australia-based Elk Petroleum Inc. recently announced it has finalized and executed a binding agreement with Nebraska-based Bridgeport Ethanol LLC. Under the agreement, Elk Petroleum will purchase carbon dioxide generated at Bridgeport's 50 MMgy ethanol plant and use it for enhanced oil recovery projects at nearby oil fields, including the Singleton oil field.
US ethanol profit margins hit records even as biofuels cut looms
11 December 2013 | Chicago Tribune
U.S. ethanol markers are seeing their best profit margins in more than five years on strong demand for the biofuel and cheap corn despite a looming reduction to the federal biofuels program, analysts and traders said on Wednesday.
The Politics of Ethanol
26 November 2013 | NY Times
Changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard - the United States' biofuel-use policy - will not only affect the corn and fuel industries but also those far less visible in the policy debate: populations worldwide being driven into hunger by high and volatile food prices.
Wall St. Exploits Ethanol Credits, and Prices Spike
14 September 2013 | NY Times
It was supposed to help clean the air, reduce dependence on foreign oil and bolster agriculture. But a little known market in ethanol credits has also become a hot new game on Wall Street.
Drink Red Wine and Keep Breasts, Livers and Brains Healthy
26 March 2009 | Natural News
Red wine is turning out to be a superfood. Although many health conscious people have opted to get isolated grape compounds in capsule form, recent research is showing that the best way is to drink red wine. That's because red wine contains the entire grape polyphenol group of nutrients, a group that has been shown to work much better synergistically. In fact, newly released research is showing that breast tumor growth and metastasis to bone and liver are inhibited by the complete grape polyphenol complex.