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Is Anheuser-Busch Ripe For A Takeover?
Beer (& More) In Food ^ | 6-8-2007 | Bob Skilnik

Posted on 06/07/2007 10:09:29 AM PDT by toddlintown

Beverage Daily is fueling speculation that Anheuser-Busch might be targeted for a takeover. This adds to an earlier report by the New York Post that Hedge fund manager and activist shareholder William Ackman reportedly wants to invest in an iconic company, i.e., Anheuser-Busch. So far, Ackman has raised $2 billion “to invest in an unnamed company with a market capitalization of $30 billion to $40 billion with three divisions.” A-B could fit the bill.

As a result of all the buzz, call options traded on A-B have increased to a new high and A-B’s common stock is also rising.

(Excerpt) Read more at beerinfood.wordpress.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ab; beer; takeover
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1 posted on 06/07/2007 10:09:31 AM PDT by toddlintown
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To: toddlintown

I hope “Ice House” takes them over because it just tastes better!


2 posted on 06/07/2007 10:12:32 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: toddlintown

“Is Anheuser-Busch Ripe For A Makeover?” sounds more like it.


3 posted on 06/07/2007 10:15:09 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: toddlintown

What’s the stock price? Must be lower than expected.


4 posted on 06/07/2007 10:16:00 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: toddlintown

Busch’s fault!!!


5 posted on 06/07/2007 10:16:27 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter 2008 (VP) Lifetime ACU Rating: 92)
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To: toddlintown

..much ado about nothing...If it’s true I hope a good honest beer maker will buy them out. IMO, there are lots of real good beers out there which are displacing the Bud brand.


6 posted on 06/07/2007 10:18:37 AM PDT by Banjoguy (Don't buy Chinese.....you can do it!)
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To: toddlintown; SevenofNine
If only these people could take them over...:


7 posted on 06/07/2007 10:18:49 AM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: monkapotamus

Who going be new CEO

Looter guy


8 posted on 06/07/2007 10:23:46 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Red_Devil 232
I hope “Ice House” takes them over because it just tastes better!

Just so you know, Icehouse beer is made by Miller Brewing Co. They don't emphasize the ownership. Miller buying A-B might spark anti-trust examinations.
9 posted on 06/07/2007 10:28:45 AM PDT by sittnick (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Banjoguy

East Coast’s Oringal and Oldest Brewer Yuengling!


10 posted on 06/07/2007 10:30:08 AM PDT by fightinbluhen51
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To: toddlintown

Bud Man here...........mmmmmmmmmmmmm


11 posted on 06/07/2007 10:30:58 AM PDT by advertising guy (If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
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To: sittnick

Oh My! I thought it was made by those nice “Plank House” boys!


12 posted on 06/07/2007 10:35:12 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Plank Road brewery is a subsidiary of Miller (also made “Plank Road” “Red Dog” etc.) to have the “look” of a microbrew but the ad budget/distribution of Miller.


13 posted on 06/07/2007 10:36:55 AM PDT by sittnick (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: toddlintown

I thought it was going to merge with InBev (makers of Stella Artois).


14 posted on 06/07/2007 10:39:18 AM PDT by elc (Guns kill people the same way the spoon made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
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To: Red_Devil 232

I hope they don’t change the formula. Although Bud gives me migraines and Miller gives me stomach problems, I have drank Busch since I was a baby. Literally. Grandpa used to put it in my baby bottle to keep me quiet and happy. I now drink Busch Light (at my age, I gotta watch my girlish figure, LOL!) and no matter how much I drink...and hubby says I can drink more than any man he knows...I never get a hangover or any other adverse side effects from it.


15 posted on 06/07/2007 10:40:33 AM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: toddlintown

Rice based malt beverage alert. I do not call budweiser beer.


16 posted on 06/07/2007 10:40:52 AM PDT by Hydroshock (Duncan Hunter For President, checkout gohunter08.com.)
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To: LIConFem

lol!


17 posted on 06/07/2007 10:46:26 AM PDT by randog (What the...?!)
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To: lilylangtree

6-Jun-07 53.11
21-May-07 49.65


18 posted on 06/07/2007 10:56:18 AM PDT by toddlintown (Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: fightinbluhen51

I believe that may be AMERICA’s oldest brewer! And they make a darned fine porter!


19 posted on 06/07/2007 11:18:42 AM PDT by trimom
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To: toddlintown

Stock price appears to be high, and therefore, stable. Takeover bid would be costly.


20 posted on 06/07/2007 11:40:54 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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