http://www.citizensugar.com/ Breaking News, Together. en http://www.citizensugar.com/1785158 <p><span class="inline left"><img src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl1/19/193328/29_2008/Picture%202_0.png" alt="" title="" class="image left preview" height="280"></span> Belgium's <a href="http://www.townhall.com/news/world/2008/07/15/belgium_government_collapses,_king_holds_talks" target="_blank">government collapsed today</a>, but at least they can drink away their sorrows. An American treasure — Budweiser beer — is now Belgian. Perhaps baseball or apple pie will leave us next. For $52 billion <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/story/41A0370FA33CF543862574860015569F?OpenDocument" target="_blank">Belgian company InBev purchased Anheuser-Busch</a>, pledging to keep the North American headquarters in St. Louis, while cutting $1.5 billion in costs. </p> <p>The King's defection <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/developmenteconomy/story/36066282EDC138F886257486001B024F?OpenDocument" target="_blank">hits no place harder</a> than its birthplace St. Louis, MO. Anheuser-Busch's reign in the Midwest city <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/mds/news/html/1704" target="_blank">dates back to a brewery founded in 1852</a>. If you're keeping track, InBev's first brewery was founded in 1366.</p> <p>For more on Anheiser-Busch's American legacy, and what <i>my</i> grandparents in St. Louis have to say about this "rotten deal" </p> <p><a href="http://www.citizensugar.com/1785158">read more</a></p> http://www.citizensugar.com/1785158#comment Anheuser Busch Belgium Budweiser Headline Missouri St Louis Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:00:21 -0700 LibertySugar http://www.citizensugar.com/1785158