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When Carlos Brito, chief executive of Anheuser-Busch InBev, speaks in public, it’s usually because something big is afoot. Last week, Brito showed up in Boston at a conference organized by Barclays Capital to argue that the world’s…

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The question has been simmering for months: Will Anheuser-Busch InBev try to streamline its sprawling network of U.S. beer distributors as it prowls for cost savings?

On Wednesday, an analyst’s take on the issue heightened the discussion…

In these times of relative woe and want on the tourism/business travel front, St. Louis has to be proud that it recently attracted 150 senior leaders from a global consumer products company for a multi-day confab.

Ah, but you probably didn’t…

Anheuser-Busch InBev today posted first-quarter sales and profits that handily beat analysts’ expectations and sent its stock flying on the steepest climb since last fall.

There’s lots of news packed into the company’s press release, which you can read here. The bottom…

The top executives at Anheuser-Busch InBev, including chief executive Carlos Brito, are in town for a couple days this week. Lager Heads is told that the high-level meetings are aimed at sharing “best practices” and bring together execs from each of…

Anheuser-Busch InBev reported fourth quarter and full-year earnings this morning. Here, we try to make sense of the 24-page press release.

One number that jumps out — perhaps more than it really should — is the company’s 95 percent drop in fourth-quarter…

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s new office in New York City will have the personnel and functions it needs by the end of 2009 “at the latest,” according to a company memo dated today and obtained by Lager Heads.

The proposal to set up a…