Anheuser Busch

Anheuser-Busch Pays $1.24 Billion For Majority Stake In Presidente Beer

AP | Posted 04.16.2012

BRUSSELS -- Anheuser-Busch InBev says it is paying $1.24 billion for a majority stake in Dominican brewer Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana as it pushes ...

MF Global's 10 Highest-Profile Former Clients

Reuters | Posted 05.27.2012

March 26 (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, Coca Cola, Dominion Resources and giant energy trader Mercuria were among high-p...

Budweiser Bullies Budini Wine Company To Change Name To Bodini

Posted 10.10.2011

Do you think the names Budweiser and Budini sound similar? Budweiser thought so; the beer company sent a cease-and-desist letter to Budini, an Argenti...

Planning A Family Vacation In Florida? Read Our Travel Guide

The Huffington Post | Wendy Gould | Posted 10.03.2011

Family vacations in Florida can be rewarding experiences or absolute disasters -- it all depends on pretrip homework. To make planning easier, we've d...

Mad About The Goose Island Sale? Try A New Local Brew

| Ben Worcester | Posted 05.29.2011

On Monday, Chicago-based brewery Goose Island issued a press release, stating that Anheuser-Busch will purchase the company for around $39 million. Th...

Major Chicago Craft Brewer Bought By Anheuser-Busch

Posted 05.28.2011

Anheuser-Busch announced Monday that it was spending nearly $40 million to buy Goose Island, one of the country's pre-eminent craft brewers, in a play...

As Craft Beer Booms, Brewers Seek Legal Protections

The Huffington Post | Will Guzzardi | Posted 05.25.2011

In the past few years, the nation-wide trend of craft brewing has developed a following of aficionados as zealous, finicky and committed as its counte...

MLB Renews Sponsorship With Anheuser-Busch

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Anheuser-Busch and Major League Baseball have renewed their sponsorship deal, ending a dispute that took the longtime partners to cou...

Major Beer Antitrust Suit Falls

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 05.25.2011

ST. LOUIS — The latest quest by 10 Missouri beer consumers who tried to block InBev's $52 billion takeover of U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch fel...

Woman Who Died At Anheuser Heir's Home Had Heart Condition, Ex Says

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

HUNTLEIGH, Mo. — An aspiring model who died at the home of former Anheuser-Busch chief executive August Busch IV had a rare heart condition, acc...

New Details In Death Of Aspiring Model At Budweiser Heir's Home

AP | JIM SALTER | Posted 05.25.2011

ST. LOUIS — For generations, the Busches of St. Louis were the first family of American beer-making, the city's most devoted boosters, and beare...

Woman Found Dead In Former Anheuser-Busch CEO's Home

AP | JIM SALTER | Posted 05.25.2011

HUNTLEIGH, Mo — Authorities were investigating the death of a 27-year-old woman whose body was found earlier this week at the suburban St. Louis...

Report: Anheuser-Busch SUES Major League Baseball

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Anheuser-Busch is suing Major League Baseball in a dispute over the brewer's decades-long sponsorship. The maker of Budweiser claime...

Super Bowl Spending

Robbie Vorhaus | Posted 05.25.2011

Robbie Vorhaus

With almost 100 million viewers expected to view the Super Bowl, CBS has sold every available commercial spot. But at close to $3 million for a 30-second ad, advertisers have plenty of alternatives.

Budweiser: The Beer of Climate Change Deniers?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Kerry Trueman

It's time for all the lager-lovers who support low-impact living to step up to the plate -- or, rather, the bar -- to demand better from Anheuser-Busch.

Bud Light Golden Wheat Commercials Buys Out All "Saturday Night Live" Advertising

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 05.25.2011

MILWAUKEE — Anheuser-Busch is buying all the national ads on this week's edition of comedy mainstay "Saturday Night Live" to launch its new brew...

Ask Budweiser to Step Down From the Chamber of Commerce

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.25.2011

Matthew Filipowicz

Many companies have quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its extreme anti-environmental views and actions. Apple has quit. Nike has quit. Exelon ...

More Insider Trading Scandals Brewing

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Dorfman

The SEC wants to know who traded in Perot in the two months prior to the public disclosure of its acquisition. I've also obtained copies of SEC documents showing it has commenced a number of investigations.

Beer Prices Will Rise, Say Nation's Two Largest Brewers

latimes.com | Jerry Hirsch | Posted 05.25.2011

Here's some sobering news: Beer prices are going up. The nation's two largest beer sellers said Tuesday that they planned to raise prices, although...

Colleges Enraged By Bud Light Cans In School Colors

Google Images | JOHN HECHINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Dozens of colleges are up in arms over a new Anheuser-Busch marketing campaign that features Bud Light beer cans emblazoned with local schools' team c...

Emmy-Nominated Ads: VOTE For The Best Ad Of The Year

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Yesterday, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced its Emmy nominations for the year's best advertising spots. Some of the ads below will ...

Anheuser-Busch InBev Explores Rolling Rock Sale

Wall Street Journal | DAVID KESMODEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev NV is exploring the sale of its storied but struggling Rolling Rock brand, according to people familiar with the ma...

Anheuser-Busch InBev To Cut 1,400 US Jobs

AP | AOIFE WHITE | Posted 05.25.2011

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Anheuser-Busch InBev announced Monday it would cut some 1,400 U.S. jobs _ or another 6 percent of its U.S. work force _ to h...

Super Bowl XLII Ads Sell Well Despite Economy: Pepsi, CareerBuilder In, GM Out (VIDEO)

Wall Street Journal | Stephanie Kang and Suzanne Vranica | Posted 05.25.2011

Marketers may be tightening their belts amid the economic downturn, but you'd never know it from the sale of Super Bowl ads. The National Football Le...

Cindy McCain's Drug Addiction More Extensive Than Previously Thought

Washington Post | Kimberly Kindy | Posted 05.25.2011

When Cindy McCain is asked what issues she would champion as first lady, she often cites one of the most difficult periods of her life: her battle wit...