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This Bid's for Bud: Belgian Brewer Offers $46B

InBev wants to buy Anheuser-Busch

(Newser) - The Belgian-based brewer InBev has made a $46 billion cash bid for US beer giant Anheuser-Busch in what would be one of the largest foreign acquisitions of an American corporation, the Wall Street Journal reports. If it goes through—a prospect that is far from certain—the 132-year-old Budweiser brand...

Belgium's InBev Mulls Budweiser Takeover

Stella maker could make unsolicited bid

(Newser) - Belgian-based brewer InBev NV is considering an unsolicited takeover of Anheuser-Busch, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Busch family is loathe to sell the 150-year-old American icon and brewer of Budweiser—Executive August A. Busch IV vowed it wouldn’t happen “on my watch”—but activist investors have...

Belgians Eye $46B Anheuser-Busch Takeover

InBev prepared to go hostile to grab control of American brewing giant

(Newser) - A Belgian brewing giant whose brands include Stella Artois is contemplating a $46 billion takeover of Anheuser-Busch, the Financial Times reports today. If CEO August Busch IV denies Belgium's InBev, as he reportedly did in October, the company may go directly to shareholders. InBev is also contemplating a partnership with...

Manhunt on Tap After Massive Guinness Heist

Beer bandit stole 450 kegs from landmark Dublin brewery

(Newser) - Taking the "My Goodness My Guinness" slogan quite literally, a thief stole 450 kegs from the landmark Dublin brewery today, the AP reports. Irish police say the thief entered by truck and took off with a trailer packed with kegs, the biggest theft in Guinness history. The kegs contained...

This Bud—and No. 8—Is Not for Earnhardt

Contract with new team strips racer of number with 'tremendous history'

(Newser) - Dale Earnhardt Jr., whose Budweiser ride has long been iconic among NASCAR fans, will have to surrender the number 8 under the terms of a new team contract. The racer, who's leaving his father's Dale Earnhardt, Inc., to replace Kyle Busch at Hendrick Motorsports, will also strip the Budweiser paint-job...

Stewart Wins at Chicagoland
Stewart Wins at Chicagoland
Jul 16, 2007 5:10 AM CDT

Stewart Wins at Chicagoland

No. 20 snaps his 2007 dry spell at USG Sheetrock 400

(Newser) - Tony Stewart grabbed his first checkered flag of the 2007 Nextel Cup season yesterday at the Chicagoland racetrack, after neck-and-neck competitor Jimmy Johnson crashed during the final laps.. Though the Home Depot team driver has 12 top-10s in '07, this season's start represented his longest winless streak since 1999.

Bud Plans to Ditch Earnhardt
Bud Plans to Ditch Earnhardt
Jul 11, 2007 6:06 AM CDT

Bud Plans to Ditch Earnhardt

King of Beers eyes Kahne; Pepsi bubbles to rebound Jr.

(Newser) - Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s number 8 car is fixing for a makeover: ESPN says the Hendricks Motorsports driver is likely to lose his Budweiser sponsorship to number 9 Kasey Kahne. And though negotiations are largely undisclosed, rumor has it that Jr.'s Chevy will be painted in PepsiCo colors next...

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