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09.01.2009 5:49 pm

Executives at Ambev, Brazilian wing of Anheuser-Busch InBev, to be investigated

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Brazil’s Justice Ministry will begin probing allegations that executives at Ambev, Latin America’s largest brewer, concealed evidence of anti-competitive practices from authorities, Bloomberg is reporting.

That is intriguing because Sao Paulo-based Ambev is one of the largest divisions…

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07.22.2009 5:01 pm

Latin American division of Anheuser-Busch InBev slapped with record fine

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Brazil’s antitrust regulator has slapped Brazilian brewer AmBev - Latin America’s biggest brewer and a key division of Anheuser-Busch InBev - with a record $186 million fine for anti-competitive practices that limited rivals’ access to markets.

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02.24.2009 5:36 pm

Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian beer magnate and InBev architect, gives $14 million to University of Illinois

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian beer billionaire and one of the masterminds behind InBev, has clearly done well for himself. Now, he’s sharing some of his haul with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Lemann and his family have pledged to…

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12.18.2008 7:03 am

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Brazilian wing investigated: “anticompetitive practices”?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Bloomberg News is reporting that AmBev, the Brazilian subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, is being investigated by Brazil’s Justice Ministry, which is looking into allegations of anti-competitive practices. One of the things regulators are poking into: whether deals between retailers and AmBev, one…

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11.26.2008 10:13 am

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Brazilian powerhouse faces “increased pressure,” says Moody’s

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Brazilian brewing group Companhia de Bebidas das Americas, better known as AmBev, is a key part of the newly formed Anheuser-Busch InBev. Clutching a 68 percent share of the Brazilian beer market — one of the world’s five largest – AmBev…

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