Big beer merger: Anheuser-Busch and Miller reach an agreement, but antitrust concerns remain

Big beer merger: Anheuser-Busch and Miller reach an agreement, but antitrust concerns remainAB InBev, the world’s largest beer company, owns Budweiser among many other brands. Photo: Michael Short Following last month’s announcement that the world’s largest beer company would acquire the world’s second-largest beer company, this morning Anheuser-Bush InBev and SABMiller said they had reached a final agreement on the terms of their merger. It’s costing AB InBev about $106 billion. But wait: Don’t we have antitrust regulations in this country that would prevent such a union? Yes. The deal will no doubt be subject to intense scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Justice. In an effort to preempt that, SABMiller