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Beer Goggles
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• The world’s biggest beermakers are scoping each other out. SABMiller, whose initial play for Heineken was rejected, has been quickly crunching numbers to decide whether it can afford to sweeten its offer. Meanwhile, Anheuser-Busch InBev started lining up financing to back a bid for SABMiller. AB InBev makes about 20 percent of the world’s beer; SABMiller and Heineken each have market share of almost 10 percent.