InBev, the Belgian brewer, has made a $46.3bn (â¬29.7bn) offer for Anheuser-Busch, the brewer of Budweiser, which is potentially the largest global all-cash acquisition.
Technology company Microsoft made a hostile $47.5bn bid for search provider Yahoo! in February, which would have been the largest cash acquisition before the offer was withdrawn, according to Dealogic, the investment banking research provider.
