InBev: No More Free Beer at Parks

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Beer lovers across the U.S. have filed $5 million class-action lawsuits accusing Anheuser-Busch of watering down its Budweiser, Michelob and other brands.

By Chris Katje: Entertainment theme park operator SeaWorld Entertainment (SEAS) announced plans to list as a publicly traded company in 2013. The company is currently owned by Blackstone (BX), who bought it from Anheuser Busch/InBev as part of the large beer company's attempt to sell non-core assets.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA, the world's largest brewer, said it will raise $2.7 billion from selling its U.S. theme parks to the Blackstone Group. The sale of three SeaWorld parks, two Busch Gardens parks and five others is the largest of a string of AB InBev selloffs to help pay for the $52 billion takeover deal that formed it last year.

Beer Map: Two Giant Brewers, 210 Brands

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch InBev , the world's biggest brewer and maker of Budweiser and Stella Artois beers, is in talks to buy the 50 percent of Corona beer maker Grupo Modelo that it does not already own, said a person familiar with the matter - in a potential deal that could top $10 billion. Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev owns a 50 percent non-controlling stake in Modelo, Mexico's largest brewer, which has a market value of roughly $23 billion. ...

Blackstone Capital Partners agrees to buy the 10-park Busch Entertainment chain, which draws about 25 million visitors a year. Anheuser-Busch InBev reached an agreement Wednesday to sell its theme park empire, including SeaWorld in San Diego, to Blackstone Capital Partners for up to $2.7 billion.

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) -- Shareholders of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. on Wednesday approved the $52 billion sale of the nation's largest brewer to Belgium-based InBev SA, a deal that is set to create the world's largest brewer....