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$50 billion and you can become the world’s largest beer manufacturer.
Anheuser-Busch Agrees to Be Sold to InBev
The combined company is expected to be named Anheuser-Busch InBev, fulfilling a promise by the Belgian company to include the Anheuser name in the new brewer’s title, people briefed on the matter said. Anheuser will be given two seats [...]

It is being widely reported this weekend that InBev has increased their offer to $70 per share for Anheuser-Busch, and that the A-B Board of Directors is prepared to accept the offer.
InBev had recently begun a campaign to unseat the current Board. But, apparently confident the deal will go through, InBev has already begun setting [...]

Maybe they need someone to take the role of Cyrano de Bergerac.
InBev Remains Committed to $46.3 Billion Anheuser Bid
InBev NV, whose bid for Anheuser-Busch Cos. was rejected by the Budweiser maker, repeated that it’s committed to its offer of $65 a share and would prefer a friendly takeover.
The bid reflects the “full and fair” value [...]

Yesterday, Anheuser-Busch’s Board of Directors rejected InBev’s unsolicited takeover offer. Saying that $65 per share was “financially inadequate”, the Board left open the possibility that a higher offer might sweep them off their feet.
Meanwhile, InBev has stated that it will ask A-B shareholders to dump the current Board. However, some analysts  think that the Belgian/Brazilian [...]