Analyst: ABI – Coke Deal Unlikely

Dear Client:Lots of opinions on what ABI's next move will be, but this analyst thinks a Coke deal is unlikely. "Unless somehow SABMiller is off the table or Warren Buffett changes his stripes, we think it is highly unlikely that an ABI/KO transaction will occur in the next several years." So says ISI Group's Robert Ottenstein. "We continue to believe that an ABI-SABMiller transaction, with all its complexity, remains the most likely scenario," he concludes. THE BUFFETT EFFECT. Reasons? Well