Among the top selling brands of spirituous liquor is Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey, which is made by Brown-Forman (NYSE: BF-B).

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Brown-Forman (BF-A) announced that net income fell by 37 percent versus the same period last year, when the company realized a gain on its sale of Fetzer Vineyards.

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DuPont (nyse: DD - news - people ) and Ludwigshafen, Germany-based BASF (nyse: BF - news - people ) have all shirked off their drug divisions, while attempts at combining agriculture and chemicals under one roof by companies like Monsanto and Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people ) have failed.

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