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Anheuser-Busch InBev's global brands Budweiser, Stella Artois and Corona performed well during 2017

AB InBev sees strong 2018 growth after Brazil rebound

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer, has forecast strong revenue and profit growth this year after Brazil's rebound led to higher than expected earnings at the end of 2017.

Business • 01 Mar 18

Anheuser-Busch InBev is the world's largest brewer

AB InBev raises merger savings target

Anheuser-Busch InBev increased its cost-savings target from its takeover of SABMiller and saw profits rise in its second-most important market, Brazil, for the first time in nearly two years in the third quarter.

Business • 26 Oct 17

Anheuser-Busch InBev said its core profit in the third quarter fell by 2% to $4.03 billion

AB InBev cuts guidance on weak Brazil beer market

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer, cut its guidance for full-year growth after beer sales declined for a fourth quarter in a row in recession-hit Brazil, its second largest market.

Business • 28 Oct 16

Coca-Cola had retained the right to buy SABMiller's stake in the event of a change of control at the brewer

Coca-Cola buys AB InBev's stake in African bottler

Coca-Cola said it would exercise its right to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev's stake in Africa's biggest Coke drinks bottler, after the brewer's takeover of SABMiller.

Business • 11 Oct 16

SABMiller and AB Inbev shareholders back takeover deal

SABMiller shareholders back AB InBev takeover deal

SABMiller shareholders today backed the brewer's $100-billion-plus takeover by rival Anheuser-Busch InBev, paving the way for one of the biggest corporate mergers in history.

Business • 28 Sep 16

AB InBev is already the world's top brewer and the SABMiller acquisition is in line to be the third largest merger in history if it goes through

Anheuser-Busch to cut 5,500 jobs after merger

The world's top brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev will cut around 5,500 jobs after it completes its huge merger with rival SABMiller, a source with knowledge of the matter has told AFP.

Business • 26 Aug 16

The offer values SABMiller at around £79 billion (€93.78 billion)

Anheuser-Busch improves offer for rival SABMiller

Brewer Anheuser-Busch has sweetened the terms of its $100 billion-plus takeover offer for SABMiller after a fall in sterling since Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

Business • 26 Jul 16

SABMiller said that lager sales in Europe continued to be weak during the year

SABMiller's full-year revenue hit by strong dollar

Brewer SAB Miller today posted an 8% fall in revenue despite beverage sales rising by 2% by volume in fiscal year 2016, as foreign currencies struggled against a strong dollar.

Business • 18 May 16

The green light from Australia removes another obstacle to the world's biggest beer firm's deal to buy its nearest rival

Australia clears AB Inbev's SABMiller buyout plan

Australia's competition regulator has cleared beer giant Anheuser Busch Inbev planned $100 billion takeover of rival SABMiller, saying the deal would not adversely affect the domestic market.

Business • 05 May 16

Anheuser-Busch InBev hit by crisis in Brazil

AB InBev sees weak start to year as Brazil slumps

Anheuser-Busch InBev today reported lower than expected earnings in the first three months after one of its most challenging quarters in crisis-hit Brazil in years.

Business • 04 May 16

The sale is part of AB InBev's plan to secure competition approval for its $100 billion-plus takeover of SAB

Anheuser-Busch InBev accepts Asahi bid for Peroni

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the brewer which is in the process of acquiring rival SABMiller, said it accepted an offer from Japan's Asahi Group for Peroni and a group of other SAB beer brands.

Business • 19 Apr 16

SABMiller said its volumes grew 4% in the quarter to the end of December

SABMiller posts 7% rise in Q3 sales

Brewer SABMiller reported a better than expected 7% rise in underlying third quarter sales today.

Business • 21 Jan 16

AB InBev is keen to avoid getting bogged down in any regulatory scrutiny over a European portfolio

AB InBev seeks quick sales for Peroni and Grolsch

Anheuser-Busch, which has agreed to buy rival brewer SABMiller, plans to contact potential bidders for SABMiller's Grolsch and Peroni beers and wrap up deals in less than three months.

Business • 18 Dec 15

Anheuser-Busch InBev may sell off two SABMiller brands to address competition concerns

AB InBev seeks to sell SABMiller's Grolsch, Peroni

Anheuser-Busch InBev is looking to sell SABMiller's Grolsch and Peroni brands in a bid to address potential EU competition concerns over its planned deal to buy the world's second largest brewer.

Business • 03 Dec 15

SABMiller yesterday received a $100 billion plus takeover bid from industry leader Anheuser-Busch InBev

Pricey beers lift SABMiller's quarterly sales

Demand for higher-priced beers helped SABMiller to report a pick-up in quarterly underlying sales despite currency headwinds.

Business • 12 Nov 15

AB InBev today formally launchs its $100 billion-plus takeover bid for nearest rival SABMiller

AB InBev to sell MillerCoors stake as part of deal

Anheuser-Busch InBev has launched its $100 billion-plus offer for nearest rival SABMiller and agreed to sell the latter's stake in US venture MillerCoors in a bid to win regulatory approval.

Business • 11 Nov 15

Deadline for deal now extended to November 4

AB InBev extends SABMiller offer by a week

Brewer SABMiller has extended the deadline for rival Anheuser-Busch InBev to make a formal $100 billion-plus takeover offer by a week.

Business • 28 Oct 15

SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch InBev have agreed a £68 billion tie-up deal 'in principle'

Beer giants agree big tie-up deal 'in principle'

Beer giants SABMiller and Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev have "agreed in principle" on a £68 billion tie-up to create the world's biggest drinks firm.

Business • 13 Oct 15

AB InBev has until Wednesday evening to launch a formal bid for SABMiller

AB InBev raises takeover offer for SABMiller

Anheuser-Busch InBev has raised its takeover offer for SABMiller, as the world's largest brewer tries to win over its smaller rival to the idea of creating a giant that would make nearly a third of the world's beer.

Business • 12 Oct 15

SABMiller now expects to reach annualised cost savings of at least $1.05 billion by 2020.

SABMiller aims for new cost-savings goal

Brewer SABMiller has announced an accelerated cost-savings plan in an attempt to convince shareholders it can boost earnings on its own.

Business • 09 Oct 15

A combined Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller would account for almost one third of beer consumed worldwide

SABMiller rejects AB InBev's improved takeover bid

SABMiller, the world's second largest brewer, has promptly rejected an improved offer from bigger rival Anheuser-Busch InBev, saying that its £68 billion valuation was insufficient.

Business • 07 Oct 15

SABMiller was approached by Anheuser-Busch, the world's largest brewer, last month

SABMiller's second quarter volumes up 2%

SABMiller, the brewing giant in talks about a potential takeover by rival Anheuser-Busch InBev, today reported a 2% rise in second-quarter sales volumes.

Business • 06 Oct 15

A merged group would have a combined market value of around $270 billion

AB InBev to make an offer for rival SABMiller

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer, has told rival SABMiller that it intends to make an offer to acquire the British firm, although no proposal has yet been forthcoming.

Business • 16 Sep 15

SABMiller wants exposure to the fastest-growing part of the British beer market

SAB buys into craft beer buzz with Meantime deal

Brewing giant SABMiller said it had bought London-based craft beer company Meantime for an undisclosed sum, as big players in a saturated beer market eye opportunities in the fast-growing sector.

Business • 15 May 15

SABMiller warnts that trading would continue to be tough in its new financial year

SABMiller's profit beats expectations

SABMiller today reported full-year profit above analyst expectations as performance picked up in the latter half of the year.

Business • 13 May 15

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