Not really. Lewis Black has some harsh things to say about the state of American economy (and Budweiser, not the sale, the beer) in this bit from the Daily Show.

The deed is all but done, Budweiser is now Belgian, at least when it’s not Czech. I guess in international business – as in all business – it’s money which does the talking in the end.

Anheuser-Busch, one of the largest beer brewing companies in the world, has been under pressure for a number of years and they are now faced with a take-over bid from InBev. (Given the poor taste of their main product, Budweiser, its amazing to me they didn’t bite the bullet years ago.)
A “Classic Tale” of international mergers & acquisitions: huge American brand falls on hard times and becomes victim to a global company not based in the US. You can hear the cries of the Nascar fans already: Keep our Bud American!
According to the International Herald Tribune (IHT) however, the bad …read more