06.18.2008 10:17 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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06.06.2008 10:00 am
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.
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06.05.2008 11:58 am
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…

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05.15.2008 11:59 am
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…

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04.23.2008 5:58 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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…

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04.18.2008 8:04 pm
From the brewer whose commercials advise drinkers that Bud Light enables them to fly, communicate with chipmunks and breathe fire comes a more down-to-earth message.
Starting the week of April 21, St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Cos. will debut a new television campaign highlighting the company’s environmental…

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04.09.2008 12:50 pm
Bud Light, the country’s bestselling beer from St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Cos., is a primary sponsor of the NHL Network Online, a new broadband media service from the National Hockey League.The network is available for free to fans at NHL.com, and…

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04.07.2008 5:21 pm
On a platform set up outside the Anheuser-Busch packaging plant, one of A-B’s top marketing executives faced a crowd of thousands of employees. He held high a bottle of Budweiser.
“This is a sound that’s near and dear to our hearts,” said Dave Peacock, lifting the…

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03.31.2008 5:26 pm
Anheuser-Busch Cos. will build a new brewery outside downtown Tangshan in northeast China to replace a smaller downtown brewery, the St. Louis-based brewer announced.
The move supports the local government’s efforts to relocate industrial facilities outside the city and redevelop Tangshan’s downtown into…

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03.31.2008 4:44 pm
The 30 fastest growing beer brands in the U.S. last year included notables such as Bud Light, Miller Lite and Coors Light, but the coveted No. 1 brand is a super premium beer, Blue Moon Belgian White Ale, from Molson Coors Brewing.…

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