AB Inbev Worker Protest Threatens Belgian Beer Drought

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Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Chris Burns reports on the stand-off at Anheuser-Busch inbev that is threatening supplies of Belgium's favorite beers. Workers at AB inbev, the maker of Stella Artois, Jupiler and Leffe, are protesting about proposed job cuts of about 10 percent of the companys western European workforce.
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