August 23, 2011Fosters Puts the Pressure On Dear Client:Fosters said it would return A$500 ($520) million to shareholders with either share buybacks or dividends, in an effort to shore up its stocka and force SABMiller to increase its offer or leave. The effort also "buys Foster's management more time and gives them options to do more," said Chris Weston, an institutional dealer at IG Markets in Melbourne. "There had been expectations they would do a A$1 billion buyback."The effort could
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