Thursday, May 31, 2007

InBev Jumps on Speculation of Merger With U.S. Beermaker Anheuser-Busch

(Bloomberg) -- Shares of InBev NV, the world's largest
brewer by sales, rose almost 5 percent on speculation the company
may merge with Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch Cos. or sell real
estate in Belgium and the Netherlands.

``The name of Bud has been mentioned once again,'' said Andrew
French, a sales trader at E*Trade Securities in London. A merger
would help Anheuser-Busch ``to fast-track its growth.''


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