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[iski]

Here we are, in the middle of summer, so it's time for:

[iski]

Love of (or over) beer:

[iski]

A more classic model:

[amigo Jorge]

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[amigo Jorge]

If you drink beer in South Beach you get to look at:

This is one of the reason that JC liked South Beach so much and then he couldn't concentrate while he was riding the jet-ski

[Twolanerider]

This is one of the reason that JC liked South Beach so much and then he couldn't concentrate while he was riding the jet-ski

Ummmm, Jorge, that's two reasons....

[BIGDOG]

If you drink beer in South Beach you get to look at:

I'm pretty sure it's LOVE

[iski]

Lots of things to see at South Beach

[Fired00d]

Lots of things to see at South Beach

That's a plenty for me. He!! w/only one of them I could make Viagra stock increase instantly.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[iski]

I wonder where that arrow leads?

[Talon]

Ok, this thread suppose to be about beer!  Where's the beer???

[iski]

Ok, this thread suppose to be about beer!  Where's the beer???

The beer is here:

[iski]

So close yet so far away....

[iski]

Ok, this thread suppose to be about beer!  Where's the beer???

Fianlly found the beer in your pic.  On tap & in cans, or is that the other way around??

[iski]

http://www.startribune.com/business/25450834.html?location_refer=Business

InBev to expand Bud, job cuts

The Belgian brewer wants to continue the cost-cutting at Anheuser-Busch and grow its new flagship brand.

By TIM LOGAN and J EREMIAH McWILLIAMS St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Post-Dispatch



In a conference call Monday morning, victorious executives from InBev laid out their plans to expand cost-cutting already underway at Anheuser-Busch Companies, and to build the world's dominant brewer around its new flagship brand: Budweiser.

InBev Chief Executive Carlos Brito, hours removed from the announcement of a $52 billion deal to buy the iconic St. Louis brewer, told analysts Monday morning the merged company, to be known as Anheuser-Busch InBev, will be the leading provider of beer in the world's five biggest beer markets and the third-largest consumer products company in the world. It will be 62 percent larger in terms of revenue than its next-largest brewing rival, SABMiller.

Brito said Budweiser has unlocked potential in countries where the beer is not widely available, because even there, drinkers are aware of the beer -- thanks to Anheuser-Busch's globe-spanning advertising of the World Cup and Olympics.

"In a more competitive global market," he said, "this transaction will create a stronger company."

The deal will open new markets for Budweiser, which InBev will push in 19 countries from Brazil to Ukraine where it is strong but A-B is not.

And, he pledged, InBev takes the same "no-compromise" position toward quality that Anheuser does.

"Consumers can be assured that we will continue what makes Bud the great American lager," he said.

St. Louis will remain the company's North American headquarters, Brito said. He pledged to maintain the company's heritage, such as Grant's Farm and Clydesdales.

But changes are inevitable, and will begin with a deeper cost-cutting plan than the one A-B unveiled last month, when it was still trying to fend off InBev.

That plan -- known as "Blue Ocean" -- to cut $1 billion in expenses over two years, will be expanded to a $1.5 billion effort over three. That means planned buyouts of up to 1,300 salaried employees will likely continue. "Elimination of corporate overlapping functions" will likely lead to some job losses at A-B's corporate headquarters in St. Louis.

In a brief statement at the start of the call, Anheuser Chief Executive August Busch IV stressed that the deal was "friendly" and the best move for his company's shareholders.

Busch will not have an executive role with the new company but will take a seat on InBev's board, as will one other current or former member of A-B's board. Brito said he hopes to close the deal by the end of the year.