As reported last week by the WSJ, A-B is said to have opened preliminary talks with Grupo Modelo to purchase the 50% it doesn't own or merge as a way to make itself too expensive for InBev to afford. Then on Friday, CNBC's David Faber reports that his sources indicate A-B has indeed approached Modelo, with the latter hiring investment bankers to advise it. A-B is said to have offered Modelo shareholders BUD stock consisting of nearly 20% of Anheuser-Busch,
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