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Constellation Brands CEO drew $6.2M compensation
- Robert Sands, chief executive and president of Constellation Brands Inc., drew compensation valued at $6.2 million in its 2008 fiscal year, according to the alcoholic-beverage company's proxy statement Thursday.
A century ago, Americans witnessed aviation marvel
- On a steamy Fourth of July evening a century ago, a wood-and-fabric biplane lifted off from Stony Brook Farm and stayed airborne for almost a mile in a stupendous triumph over gravity witnessed by more than 2,000 people.
NY softball player's death ruled a homicide
- A softball player who died after being punched in the back of the head by a rival team member was a victim of homicide, a pathologist ruled Thursday.
Wine company Constellation Brands' profit jumps
- Constellation Brands Inc. said Tuesday its fiscal first-quarter profit jumped 50 percent, lifted by price increases as well as strong sales of its new higher-margin wine brands such as Clos du Bois and Wild Horse.
- Constellation Brands Inc. said Tuesday its fiscal first-quarter profit jumped 50 percent, lifted by price increases as well as strong sales of its new higher-margin wine brands such as Clos du Bois and Wild Horse.