Comment - Anheuser-Busch InBev and Grupo Modelo - a "combination" or a "merger"?
By James Wilmore | 29 June 2012
So, after much speculation, it's finally happened. Yet more consolidation in the global brewing sector, as Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B InBev) has managed to lure Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo into a deal.
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So, after much speculation, it's finally happened. Yet more consolidation in the global brewing sector, as Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B InBev) has managed to lure Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo into a deal.
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