D-Day Extended

Yes, it's almost D-Day for Scottish & Newcastle, owner of fast-growing Newcastle Brown Ale in the US. Today is the day that a UK trade authority set as the final deadline for Heineken and Carlsberg, called the consortium, to put up or shut up. As we all know, the consortium had until noon British time to make a formal bid, not long now.FIRST, CARLSBERG DENIES reports in the Financial Times yesterday that it is having trouble financing its part of