HARRISBURG, Pa.-- Pennsylvania's breweries and beer distributors are worrying about how state lawmakers may liberalize the Depression-era system of selling beer and wine and whether they will be forced to compete for sales at a disadvantage with bigger, better-prepared rivals. But the Senate is likely to change it.
WASHINGTON, Feb 20- The U.S. Justice Department and Anheuser-Busch InBev, which have been embroiled in a court fight over whether AB InBev can expand its stake in Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo, asked a court on Wednesday for a short delay as the two sides hold settlement talks.
NEW YORK, Feb 8- Constellation Brands Inc asked to be joined as a defendant in the U.S. government's lawsuit to block Anheuser-Busch InBev's proposed takeover of Corona beer maker Grupo Modelo, seeking to protect its own interests in the mega merger.
Feb 8- Constellation Brands Inc and U.S. beer distributor Crown Imports filed a court motion asking to be joined as defendants in the U.S. government's complaint against Anheuser-Busch InBev's proposed takeover of Grupo Modelo. Mexico's Grupo Modelo joined in the filing.
*AB InBev says it will fight Justice Department. WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK, Jan 31- The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Anheuser-Busch InBev SA from buying the half of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo that it does not already own, saying the $20.1 billion deal could mean higher U.S. beer prices.
BRUSSELS, Dec 20- Almost a thousand years since the Norman conquest made cider popular in Britain, brewers are launching cider invasions of their own, with the United States the main battlefield.
MEXICO CITY, Nov 15- Mexico's competition watchdog said on Thursday it has authorized, with no conditions, the sale of half of Grupo Modelo to AB InBev, a $20.1 billion deal that gave the Belgium- based brewing giant full control of the Mexican company.
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Nov 16- What have Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, underage drinking and Pakistan's only beer maker got in common? It was the arrest of the Hollywood stars' daughter in New York with a can of Murree Brewery's beer last June that propelled the company out of obscurity and into the spotlight.