Pursuits
Diageo Bid for Majority Stake in United Spirits Set to Fail
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Diageo Plc tried for years to buy part of Vijay Mallya’s United Spirits Ltd. before striking a November agreement to take a 53 percent stake in the company.
That bid for majority control will likely fail, leaving Diageo with less than a third of India’s largest distiller.