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Missouri senator vows to stop sale of Busch to InBev

WASHINGTON
Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:40pm EDT
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (L) walks to a news conference with Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) on Capitol Hill in Washington March 1, 2007. McCaskill said on Tuesday she would do everything possible to ''stop the sale'' of St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc to rival brewer InBev NV. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill said on Tuesday she would do everything possible to "stop the sale" of St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc to rival brewer InBev NV.

McCaskill, a Democrat, said she met with senior officials of InBev in her office.

Speaking with reporters after the meeting, McCaskill said she was unaware if Anheuser-Busch investor Warren Buffett has endorsed InBev's plan to buy Anheuser-Busch for $65 a share, or about $46.3 billion.

The senator expressed concern about jobs and pension plans of workers now employed at Anheuser-Busch's operations in Missouri.

(Reporting by Richard Cowan, editing by Leslie Gevirtz)


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