What group acquired  a publisher of books, business directories and magazines that was owned by a company owned by Thailand's largest and one of Southeast Asia's largest beverage companies?
ThaiBev Thai Beverage, better known as ThaiBev (Thai: ไทยเบฟ) (), is Thailand's largest and one of Southeast Asia's largest beverage companies, with distilleries in Thailand, Scotland and China. Listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, Thai Beverage Plc has a market capitalization in excess of US$4 billion.
Bookstop (company) Bookstop Inc. was a Texas-based chain of bookstores that was at one time the fourth-largest bookselling chain in the United States. In 1989 Barnes & Noble acquired the company, at which point it became a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble. The chain also did business under the name Bookstar due to trademark conflicts in other states.