Report: A-B in Negotiations to Buy Budvar

Anheuser-Busch is said to be in negotiations with the Czech government to acquire the state-owned brewery Budvar, The business publication Euro am Sonntag cites a member of the Czech parliament, and their master brewer, as sources. It makes sense, as we've noted before, because it would solve several trademark legal actions, as well as bring A-B exposure to the growing Eastern European beer market. A-B already imports Budvar, as Czechvar, into the US, and August IV and Budvar's CEO are