Wines

Consumer

Will the Drink Industry’s Hangover Last Through 2025?

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In a 2023 Gallup survey, 62% of American adults under 35 said they drink alcohol, down from 72% twenty years earlier.

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Consumer

Pernod Ricard Dumps Most Wine Holdings as Grapes Sour

Paris-based Pernod Ricard announced Wednesday that it’s selling most of its wine portfolio to a consortium of Australian wine investors.

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Banking

2024: The Year a Rising Star of US Banking Had Its Wings Clipped

TD Bank was fined more than $3 billion by regulators in October in what’s arguably the biggest banking scandal of the year.

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M&A

2024: The Year Europe’s Bank Merger Dominoes (Maybe) Started to Fall

Europe’s bank M&A scene has been noticeably stagnant for a while, but that could all be about to change next year.

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Banking

2024: The Year the Rates Were Cut

The Fed’s September rate cut turbo-charged the stock market, but can the market keep up its bull run for 2025?

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