Heineken Growing, Interested in Femsa

Heineken NV cfo Rene Hooft Graafland told reporters yesterday HUSA is expecting close to 5% growth in the US, while Heineken USA chief Frank van der Minne was more bullish, indicating at the Beverage Forum in NYC that HUSA could be up in the "high single-digits in 2004", according to sources we spoke with.INTERESTINGLY, Rene also told reporters that Heineken is interested in possibly acquiring a stake in Femsa. After spending over a billion dollars buying back their stock from