InBev, Anheuser-Busch battle in Washington

Saturday, June 28, 2008 | 5:51 p.m. CDT; updated 10:04 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

WASHINGTON — The chief executive of InBev, a large Belgian brewer, flew directly to Washington and was sitting down with Sen. Claire McCaskill, an outspoken opponent of his company’s proposed takeover of her home state’s Anheuser-Busch, when she offered him a beer.

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