1.   Jules made his fortune in the liquor business.

2.   Grandfather set them up in a liquor business.

3.   Allied Domecq had initially been viewed as the front-runner for the Seagram liquor business.

4.   But running an entertainment conglomerate is different from handling the family liquor business.

5.   But unlike the Barcardis, the Arechabalas never went back into the liquor business, and Pernod Ricard contends they thereby abandoned their trademark rights.

6.   Diageo is hoping to join forces with another company, the executives said, to avert possible antitrust concerns about owning an unfairly large segment of the liquor business.

7.   Duffy indicated the sting operation was launched in part because of concerns raised by existing liquor businesses in Massachusetts.

8.   He has family ties to the liquor business.

9.   In addition to its UDV liquor business, GMG will include Pillsbury, Burger King and Guinness Brewing Worldwide.

10.   Nonetheless, the hard liquor business has showed some modest increases in recent years.