Call them bowling lounges or boutique bowling centers or, in some cases, nightclubs that happen to have pins and balls rolling around in the background. In Tampa, Fla., Splitsville sits on prime bayfront real estate near the city's tony downtown arena, scattering a dozen lanes among bars and high-end restaurant seating.
Anheuser-Busch has approached Scottish & Newcastle about a potential bid for full control of Baltic Beverages Holdings, the top Russian brewer, for about $9 billion, according to an article Sunday in The Daily Telegraph.
The domestic brewing unit of Anheuser-Busch Cos. shipped 104.4 million barrels of beer last year to U.S. wholesalers, up 2 percent from 2006. Each barrel contains 31 gallons of beer.