date:Jan 17, 2013
maker, for $20.1 billion in a transaction that would marry Budweiser with brands including Corona Extra, Negra Modelo and Pacifico. In a related deal, Constellation Brands Inc. (STZ) plans to buy Modelos stake in Crown, the U.S. distribution joint venture of the two companies, for $1.85 billion.
The Justice Department may be worried AB InBev will exercise indirect influence over Coronas pricing policy in the U.S., said Trevor Stirling, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein. The brewer has done wh