Bud Light Still Growing

The good ship Anheuser continues to chug-a-lug with strong earnings and decent sales. Shareholders of A-B met in Orlando yesterday to hash over the company's financials. So far, so good. But the future looks less sure.For its part, A-B had no surprises in Q1. Earnings per share increased 17.5% (that's 22 consecutive quarters of earnings growth), although shipments were a little soft as distributor inventories were reduced by almost a day.SALES VOLUME AND SHARE. Domestic shipments increased 0.8% in Q1,