Anheuser Busch Cos Inc

Plans to build an arena next to Busch Stadium in St. Louis and purchase the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League were abandoned because preservationists fought the razing of a turn-of-the-century warehouse complex at the proposed site. Civic Center Corp., a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc., reluctantly ceased efforts to construct the arena, a spokesman said. Civic Center wanted to purchase the Cupples Station property and demolish the buildings to make room for a privately financed 18,000-seat arena.

There are no free lunches in life, but one could always count on free beer at Anheuser-Busch theme parks. Until now. The brewer has stopped giving free samples in hospitality centers at its SeaWorld theme parks in Orlando, Fla.; San Antonio; and San Diego and its Busch Gardens parks in Tampa, Fla.; and Williamsburg, Va. An Anheuser-Busch Adventure Parks spokesman said the free samples had a narrow appeal among park customers.

The song "Dirty Water" blares at Fenway Park after every Red Sox victory and has become part of the winning soundtrack of baseball-crazy Massachusetts. But the band that wrote the 1966 hit says it is also used in Budweiser commercials, and for that the rock 'n' rollers are none too happy. The Standells filed a federal lawsuit last week claiming that Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. used "Dirty Water" without permission in commercials to try to tap into the song's connection with the team.

InBev agreed to buy Anheuser-Busch Cos. for $52 billion to become the world's biggest brewer and gain almost half the U.S. market for beer, the companies said in a joint news release early today. The combined company will be called Anheuser-Busch InBev, and both companies' boards of directors have approved the deal unanimously. The takeover of Anheuser-Busch in St.

Spring break has arrived and college kids are rolling out the barrels. But Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., parent of the world's largest brewery, is urging restraint. The company spends millions of dollars each year promoting what it calls "responsible-drinking" programs. Some are considered particularly relevant at this time of the year, when students descend upon resort cities from Miami to Palm Springs and indulge in brew-guzzling marathons that aren't particularly welcomed by the locals.

The family of former home run king Roger Maris and Anheuser-Busch Cos. settled a defamation lawsuit stemming from the brewer's termination of the family's beer distributorship just as jurors reached a verdict Tuesday. Neither side disclosed terms of the settlement, which came as the all-female jury reached a decision that was sealed, on the second day of deliberations in a three-week trial in state civil court. The Maris family had been seeking as much as $5 billion.

Long before the Anheuser-Busch brewery was built in the San Fernando Valley in 1954, Southern California had close ties with the brewing company that today is in the middle of an international takeover battle. Like many other wealthy industrialists of his time, co-founder Adolphus Busch adopted Pasadena as his winter home more than a century ago. There he built the first Busch Gardens, a vast outdoor attraction next to his mansion that he opened to the public.

When Miss Budweiser makes its final unlimited hydroplane appearance Sunday in San Diego, it will be like the New York Yankees quitting baseball or the Lakers closing up shop in the NBA. The big red boats, 30 feet long and weighing 3 tons, have dominated the sport for 42 years, ever since Bernie Little convinced Anheuser-Busch of the value of unlimited hydroplanes.

A price fight brewing among Anheuser-Busch Cos., Miller Brewing Co. and some other major beer makers shows no sign of ending, which is good news for quaffers but bad news for Anheuser's stockholders. "There's a major price war in the beer industry," said Roy Burry, beverage analyst at the investment firm CIBC Oppenheimer in New York.

Anheuser-Busch Cos. of the United States hopes it can soon solve a trademark problem with brewers in Czechoslovakia that stops it from selling its Budweiser beer in much of Europe, board member and Vice President Jerry Ritter said Monday. "We do have a trademark issue with the Czechoslovaks with regard of the use of the name Budweiser," Ritter said. The problem has arisen because a Czechoslovakian beer has that name. "We hope ultimately we will be able to use the name . . .

Anheuser-Busch Cos. said Thursday that it would stop producing and distributing energy drinks that contained both alcohol and caffeine and often other stimulants. Attorneys general from California and 10 other states announced that the St. Louis-based company, the nation's largest brewer, would reformulate its Tilt and Bud Extra products.

Long before the Anheuser-Busch brewery was built in the San Fernando Valley in 1954, Southern California had close ties with the brewing company that today is in the middle of an international takeover battle. Like many other wealthy industrialists of his time, co-founder Adolphus Busch adopted Pasadena as his winter home more than a century ago. There he built the first Busch Gardens, a vast outdoor attraction next to his mansion that he opened to the public.

Could this Bud be for the Belgians? On Wednesday, giant Belgium-based brewer InBev made an unsolicited offer worth roughly $46 billion for the American brewing icon Anheuser-Busch Cos.. Such a combination would create the world's largest brew meister, with brands that would reach from Brussels to Beijing to Buffalo. But no matter who is in control, Anheuser-Busch faces a difficult task finding a way to sell more to the legions of beer drinkers in the United States.

Anheuser-Busch Cos., the world's second-largest brewer, agreed to distribute bottled water from Borba, which says its vitamin-enhanced drinks reduce wrinkles and improve skin tone. Distributors will begin delivering Borba beverages, as well as packages of powdered mixes, in November. St. Louis-based Anheuser didn't disclose terms of the agreement.

Anheuser-Busch's organic beers have become fully organic -- at least for now. The nation's largest brewer said Wednesday that because of inaction on proposed regulations by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it had started using 100% organic hops in its two beers that carry the "USDA Organic" seal. Previously, less than 10% of the beers' hops were organic.

Attorneys general in California and 26 other states urged Anheuser-Busch Cos. to issue warnings about mixing alcohol with caffeinated energy drinks, such as its new Spykes flavored malt beverage drink. In a letter to the company Thursday, state officials accused the beer company of marketing Spykes and other products to underage drinkers and failing to deter minors from using them.

Beer maker Anheuser-Busch Cos. may have to reinstate several employees fired for using illegal drugs at work because the company used hidden cameras without informing the employees' union, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The brewer fired five workers in 1998 after hidden cameras showed them smoking marijuana in an area where employees sometimes take breaks at one of its St. Louis brewing facilities. Four additional workers were suspended for leaving their work areas.

Anheuser-Busch Cos. said Thursday that it would stop producing and distributing energy drinks that contained both alcohol and caffeine and often other stimulants. Attorneys general from California and 10 other states announced that the St. Louis-based company, the nation's largest brewer, would reformulate its Tilt and Bud Extra products.

There's a thaw in the century-old fight between Anheuser-Busch Cos. and Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar. The companies announced a joint distribution deal Monday even as they vowed to continue their international legal fight over the Budweiser trademark. St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch said it agreed to distribute Budvar's Czechvar Premium Czech Lager, which is currently sold in 30 states.

Tourists on a recent walking tour of Anheuser-Busch's brewery here passed by Clydesdale horses and giant fermentation vats before ending at the well-known finale -- free Budweiser on tap. But they got something extra at the bar -- free malt liquor shots. The bartender said Anheuser-Busch Cos. was testing a new line of fruit-flavored shots to be mixed with beer.