By Mark Landler Now that a Belgian brewer has conquered the King of Beers, it wants to take Budweiser global.

By Theresa Howard NEW YORK -- With eight acquisitions in four years, InBev CEO Carlos Brito has learned some things about takeovers. One, he says, will be to live up to the promises that he made while courting A-B for the $52 billion buyout agreed to early Monday.

By ALASTAIR DALTON THE quintessential American beer, almost as familiar as the Stars and Stripes, has been swallowed by the Belgians.

BUDWEISER brewer Anheuser-Busch today agreed a Pounds 27 billion takeover bid from Stella Artois maker InBev. The deal will create the world's biggest brewer, to be called Anheuser-Busch InBev, leapfrogging the current brewing number one, Peroni-maker SABMiller.

Anheuser-Busch reportedly has agreed to be acquired by Belgian brewer InBev for about $52 billion.