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In this Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, photo, a Jim Beam bourbon bottle is on display at the Jim Beam visitors’ center at Clermont, Ky. The bourbon brands will be acquired by Japanese-based Suntory Holdings Ltd. as part of its planned $13.6 billion acquisition of Beam Inc. Whiskey insiders say Kentucky bourbon still ranks as authentically American, even when some of its distillers answer to foreign companies. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)
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In this Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, photo, Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark bottles line the counter at the Jim Beam visitors’ center at Clermont, Ky. The bourbon brands will be acquired by Japanese-based Suntory Holdings Ltd. as part of its planned $13.6 billion acquisition of Beam Inc. Whiskey insiders say Kentucky bourbon still ranks as authentically American, even when some of its distillers answer to foreign companies. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)
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National Edition News cover for January 14, 2014 - Wall Street soars, Main Street hurts: Despite his best efforts, the president who vowed to conquer Wall Street and revive opportunity for everyday Americans on Main Street has this to show for his first five years in office: U.S. stock markets are in record territory, posting 30 percent gains just last year, and Wall Street is home once again to the biggest concentration of billionaires on earth, while wages for the middle class have barely kept up with inflation. (AP photos)