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If they pay attention, statisticians and humble beer drinkers might notice something interesting these days. Prices for a lot of everyday items like produce and dairy seem to be hanging steady or falling in this recession.…

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After Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors both said this week that they would raise prices this year - a fairly typical tactic - some observers started asking if the actions are justified in this rough economy. From a…

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To misquote the U.S. Postal Service, neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep beers from their appointed price increases.

That’s the lesson from the…

To blatantly rip off the Postal Service’s motto, it would appear that neither rain, nor sleet, nor hail nor economic malaise can slow the rise of beer prices. Brewers have to be happy about this. Are drinkers? We’re not even…

The Wall Street Journal’s Deal Journal blog has a fascinating take on a legal case that aimed to block InBev’s takeover of St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch. Lager Heads looked into this case a while back, but it seems to have gone nowhere. From…