date:Aug 01, 2014
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The world's top brewers are relying on Latin America, Asia and Africa for growth amid subdued consumer spending in slowly recovering Europe and limited U.S. expansion.
ONE-OFF GAIN INFLATES PROFIT
The brewer reported a 9.5 percent like-for-like rise in second-quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to $4.85 billion. The average forecast in a Reuters poll was $4.59 billion.
However, this year's figure was inflated by a $223 million one-off ga