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Naming a combined InBev, Anheuser-Busch

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With InBev SA enticing Anheuser-Busch Cos. to talk with a sweetened $70 a share offer, odds are the two brewers will put their differences aside and strike a deal. After all, the family asked for $70 per share, and now faced with that figure, the ball is in their court. Should they toss it out, then InBev certainly has a reason to go hostile. Odds are, the Busch family will accept the $50 billion bid, leading to the inevitable question of what to name the combined company. Considering InBev's history of mashing up new names after each merger (Interbrew + AmBev = InBev), the odds are good we'll see some new variation when the brewers close the deal, so The Deal's Dealscape staff offers up a few suggestions after the jump.

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Feel free to use the comment section to offer more. - Matthew Wurtzel





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From: Haneef Jawwaad,

the new moniker would be "Ambush" because that's whats about to take place


From: Harold William,

Proposed new name for the combination of InBev and Anheuser Busch:

StellasBusch


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