The ingredients include Courvoisier cognac, Japanese sencha tea and an oven-baked tarantula and scorpion.

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Pernod says Fortune will take on Allied's Courvoisier cognac, since it already owns Martell.

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To allay the concerns of competition authorities, Fortune, which makes office equipment and golf balls as well as Jim Beam bourbon, will take on Courvoisier, Sauza and Canadian Club whisky.

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