VENTURE CAPITAL POST

After Bud Light faced boycotts and losses, Dylan Mulvaney attempted to reconcile the fallout with an inclusive pitch but was met with silence instead.

The $1.4 billion potential sales loss for the World's biggest brewery was compounded by a nearly 7% drop in sales in Hong Kong and further declines in China for its Asia business.

Anheuser-Busch InBev's plan to acquire SABMiller Plc is expected to change the business dynamics in the global beer industry. Anheuser-Busch InBev is a multinational beverage and brewing company's takeover is considered to be the largest one this year and fourth largest takeover in the corporate history. Anheuser-Busch InBev is acquiring SABMiller for $104.2 billion.

European stock markets rode out a rough morning to move higher on Monday, recovering some poise at the start of a week likely to be dominated by a meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve and Scotland's vote on whether to leave the United Kingdom.

The consolidation of Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller was a natural progression when there were only a few markets to tap, said industry analysts.

Chicago Cubs announced that it had signed a deal with Anheuser-Busch InBev valued USD500 million for the renovation of its Wrigley Field ballpark.