World’s biggest mergers
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The buyout of British brewer SABMiller by Budweiser-maker Anheuser-Busch InBev is the third biggest merger in corporate history. If completed, the brewer will make one in three beers sold globally
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$172bn 1999: UK’s Vodafone AirTouch PLC swallows up German counterpart
Mannesmann AG

$130.1bn 2013: Verizon Wireless Inc. (U.S.) and Verizon Communications (U.S.)

$122bn 2015: AB InBev (U.S.) “agreement in principle” to buy SABMiller (UK)

$112.1bn 2000: America Online (U.S.) and Time Warner (U.S.)

$111.8bn 1999: Pfizer Inc. (U.S.) acquires Warner-Lambert Co. (U.S.)
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Source: Dealogic

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