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Dutch brewer Heineken says completed exit from Russia
Dutch brewer Heineken says completed exit from Russia
by  AFP

Dutch brewer Heineken on Friday announced it was pulling out of Russia after selling its operations to the Arnest Group, the largest Russian manufacturer of cosmetics, household goods and metal packaging. It added that the Arnest Group had provided employment guarantees for the next three years for the 1,800 Heineken employees in Russia.

China's Huawei renews patent licensing deal with Ericsson
China's Huawei renews patent licensing deal with Ericsson
by  AFP

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei said Friday it had renewed a licensing agreement with Ericsson to use each other's technologies, in a rebuff to US warnings about the risk of espionage by Beijing. Despite those tensions, Huawei and Ericsson -- based in Stockholm -- have signed a "long-term" global agreement to licence each other's patents, the Chinese company said in a statement Friday.

Germany's booze-free beer boom
Germany's booze-free beer boom
by  AFP

All the fun of the Oktoberfest, without the hangover: Germans are swapping traditional beer for non-alcoholic brews, driven by health concerns and the increasing quality of booze-free options. This is partly down to improved brewing techniques that have led to an increase in quality -- something that had previously held non-alcoholic beer back from breaking into the mass market.

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