Foster's Group , Australia's largest brewer, pushed ahead on Tuesday with plans to split its beer and wine businesses, but it risked dampening bidder appetite for either unit by also reporting soft first-half profits. The move could elicit interest from the likes of SABMiller for the $10 billion beer unit -- one of the last prizes in the globally consolidating beer market. Foster's said the split, to be completed in May, would help each business pursue its own strategy after efforts to jointly market the two failed.
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