Laboy: ABI and SABMiller Merger “Likely and Lucrative”

February 2, 2011Laboy: ABI and SABMiller Merger "Likely and Lucrative"Dear Client:Why are they good bed-fellows, other than the fact that they're both huge? Well, ABI has a big lead in the US, and has blocked SABMiller out of the second largest profit pool (Brazil) and the third (Mexico), so they can combine to create a behemoth without fear of antitrust concerns, says Carlos Laboy and fellow analysts of Credit Suisse. Also, ABI has control of their brands in China, while