Ed Whitacre built Southwestern Bell into telcom behemoth AT&T. He helped close the deal to sell Anheuser-Busch to InBev. Can he also sell a Chevy?

Advertising Age reports that General Motors Corp. Chairman Ed Whitacre plans to make a personal pitch…

Late-night TV star Conan O’Brien will appear in a Super Bowl commercial for Anheuser-Busch, Biz Buzz has learned. Details are few at this point.  The commercial featuring O’Brien — the host of NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien – was shot…

Proxy Governance Inc., a proxy advisory service, is supporting the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch Cos. by InBev NV of Belgium.

Under the terms of the agreement, Anheuser-Busch shareholders will receive $70 in cash per share when the deal closes. The $52 billion buyout is expected to happen later this…

Analysts from Merrill Lynch are wondering whether Belgian brewer InBev may bring in a “strategic investor” to help pay for its planned buyout of St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Cos. after postponing a stock sale, according to Bloomberg News.

InBev’s stock price has fallen,…

Comedian Lewis Black in an appearance on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night panned InBev’s takeover of Anheuser-Busch, saying it reflects the American economy ”being bought out by big waffle.”

You can watch the clip by clicking here.

Anheuser-Busch Cos. has declined to comment today on a news report that the brewer’s board of directors will meet this week to dicuss the InBev takeover proposal.

British financial newspaper Financial Times reported that the board will discuss InBev’s $65 a share bid for all outstanding shares…

Yesterday, we reported that a local shareholder was suing Anheuser-Busch Cos. and its board of directors, arguing board members breached their duties to shareholders by failing to properly consider “indications of interest” from suitors such as InBev of Belgium.

Uh, hold that…

Belgian newspaper  De Standaard reported today that InBev, the Belgian brewer of Stella Artois and Beck’s, is in contact with Anheuser-Busch Cos. about a possible offer for the St. Louis-based company, according to a Bloomberg News.

Bloomberg said the newspaper did not cite a source for its information.

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Anheuser-Busch Cos. is donating $500,000 to the Chinese Red Cross to aid relief efforts for victims of Monday’s 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck the Sichuan province in Central China, killing thousands.

St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch also will provide about $1.1 million worth of…

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Anheuser-Busch Cos. has been running Bud Light ads that use that use “Dude” as a catch phrase, but federal regulators now have a California brewer saying “Dude.”

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has told Vaune Dillmann  to…