SUPPLIERS TO PAY $1.6M IN FINES

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and State Liquor Authority Chairman Daniel Boyle have reached an agreement with 15 wine and spirits suppliers to reform marketing practices and pay $2.3 million in fines. The agreement follows a similar one reached in September with the eight largest wine and spirits wholesalers in New York who paid $1.6 million in costs.Said Attorney General Spitzer:"The result is that thousands of smaller stores, bars and restaurants will now be able to compete on a