InBev, Anheuser-Busch in merger talks: magazine
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InBev , the world's  second-largest beer producer by volume, and U.S. Anheuser-Busch   are in talks that could lead to a merger of the two,  Belgian business magazine Trends said on Thursday.
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It may be the world&#39;s biggest brewer -- and in beer-loving Belgium at that -- but InBev does not want its managers drinking at lunchtime.
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Brau Holding International, a joint venture involving Dutch brewer Heineken NV, has agreed to buy German brewer Fuerstlich Fuerstenbergische Brauerei, Heineken said Tuesday.
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Belgium&#39;s Interbrew, which acquired AmBev to create the world&#39;s biggest brewer, reiterated on Thursday its higher volume and profit targets for 2004 as demand began to recover from a weak summer.
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Aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  has begun negotiating toward a merger agreement with Rio Tinto Plc to fend off a hostile bid from U.S. rival Alcoa Inc. , a Canadian newspaper said on Wednesday.
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American Airlines  and  Continental Airlines Inc  have had exploratory talks  about a merger, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Shareholders of Belgian brewer Interbrew SA on Friday backed the planned &#36;11.4 billion combination of their family company with Brazil's Ambev in a deal that would form the world's largest brewer by volume.
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Executives told The New York Times the two companies may be set to merge.
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InBev  shares were up more than 6 percent on talk about a report in Brazillian newspaper Valor Economico that the brewer was in merger talks with Anheuser-Busch , traders said.
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Adolph Coors Co. and Molson Inc. said Friday they have scheduled a Jan. 19 meeting for shareholders to vote on their plan to merge.
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Brewing giant SABMiller Plc said on Wednesday it would welcome merger talks with Canada's Molson Inc. if the Canadian brewer's own &#36;8 billion merger with U.S. beermaker Adolph Coors Co. were to fail.
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Scottish & Newcastle enters talks with Carlsberg and Heineken after an improved 800p-per-share bid proposal.
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Molson drops a plan to have an option-holders&#39; vote, and Coors hires an investment bank to court stock owners. In a bid to build support for its proposed merger with Adolph Coors Co.
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Shareholders of Golden-based Adolph Coors Co. and Montreal- based Molson Inc. will cast ballots on the companies&#39; proposed multibillion-dollar merger Jan. 19, the brewers said.
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Brewing giants Carlsberg and Heineken say they are in talks about forming a consortium to buy Scottish & Newcastle.
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arrah&#39;s Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment, which announced plans to merge in July, are in talks with a group of financiers about selling the Atlantic City Hilton and three other casinos as a way to win approval from regulators for their merger
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InBev SA, the world's largest brewer and the maker of Stella Artois, Beck's and Brahma, said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled as it increased sales across all regions except its home base in Western Europe.