Comment - Anheuser-Busch InBev
By Chris Brook-Carter | 14 July 2008
In the end, the fall of Anheuser-Busch to a sweetened bid from InBev has been far swifter than most commentators expected. And, after close to 150 years of proud independence, the King of Beers will have to pledge allegiance to a new European/Latin American master.
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In the end, the fall of Anheuser-Busch to a sweetened bid from InBev has been far swifter than most commentators expected. And, after close to 150 years of proud independence, the King of Beers will have to pledge allegiance to a new European/Latin American master.

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