Dream on

Oh dear, Hugo Powell, Interbrew’s former CEO, must have been fuming with rage when the news broke of Interbrew and AmBev having clinched a deal. Didn’t he have the dream of making Interbrew the world’s number one brewer but got the sack before he could make his dream come true? How unfair that it is his successor John Brock who was allowed to sign THE deal which catapults Interbrew ahead of Anheuser-Busch. To console Hugo, one should remind him of the daft American saying that "life is a beach and then you lose". Come to think of it, the Australian Daft (see US section of the news) probably needs reminding of this "wisdom" too. Well, how interesting. Something or nothing - could be anything. Of course, analysts the world over had their day(s).....

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