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Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev has purchased St. Louis based Anheuser-Busch in a $52 billion takeover creating the world's largest brewer in St. Louis on July 14, 2008. The takeover from InBev began in May and concluded on July 13, 2008, after the Anheuser-Busch board of directors agreed on a $70 a share in cash. The new company will have net sales of $36 billion a year, offering consumers about 300 brands. InBev chief executive Carlos Brito, 48, is known for cutting costs, and will head the new company, called Anheuser-Busch InBev. Pictured is a Budweiser bottle display at the Anheuser-Busch World Headquarters in south St. Louis on July 14, 2008. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev has purchased St. Louis based Anheuser-Busch in a $52 billion takeover creating the world's largest brewer in St. Louis on July 14, 2008. The takeover from InBev began in May and concluded on July 13, 2008, after the Anheuser-Busch board of directors agreed on a $70 a share in cash. The new company will have net sales of $36 billion a year, offering consumers about 300 brands. InBev chief executive Carlos Brito, 48, is known for cutting costs, and will head the new company, called Anheuser-Busch InBev. Pictured is a brew kettle at the Anheuser-Busch World Headquarters building in south St. Louis on July 14, 2008. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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Visitors to the World Headquarters of Anheuser Busch look at a display of beers the company makes at the St. Louis based brewery in St. Louis on July 14, 2008. Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev has purchased St. Louis based Anheuser-Busch in a $52 billion takeover creating the world's largest brewer in St. Louis on July 14, 2008. The takeover from InBev began in May and concluded on July 13, 2008, after the Anheuser-Busch board of directors agreed on a $70 a share in cash. The new company will have net sales of $36 billion a year, offering consumers about 300 brands. InBev chief executive Carlos Brito, 48, is known for cutting costs, and will head the new company, called Anheuser-Busch InBev. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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The Budweiser Clydesdales make their way through a crowd of thousands of employees outside of the company headquarters as they reenact the 75th anniversary of the end of prohibition in St. Louis on April 7, 2008. On April 7, 1933, Busch's grandfather August A. Busch Jr. sent a case of beer to the White House for President Roosevelt upon a wagon pulled by the same Clydesdale horses. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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