A-B: From Russia with Love

In the latest of a string of surprises in the global beer business, a UK newspaper says that Anheuser-Busch is linking up with beleaguered Scottish & Newcastle to make a bid for Baltic Beverages Holdings (BBH), the largest brewery in one of the fastest growing beer market's in the world: Russia.The Daily Telegraph on Sunday reports that S&N was approached by A-B and big private equity firms Blackstone and Texas Pacific Group about a potential £4.6bn to take full control