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	Asia Daily Briefing - Thirst for growth July 19, 2019

	Asahi to buy AB InBev's Australian unit in  $11.3bn deal TOKYO -- Looking to tap  the promising premium  beer segment and offset a  shrinking home market, Asahi   Group Holdings, Japan's  biggest brewer, has struck  an $11.3 billion deal to buy Carlton & United Breweries,  which controls about half of the Australian market.
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