In 2008 Anheuser-Busch sold the majority of their stock to Belgian-Brazilian beer giant InBev, to create the largest brewing company in the world.

Anheuser-Busch, the brewer of Budweiser beer, used " BUD " as its three-letter ticker until it was acquired by InBev in 2008, symbolizing its premier product.

In 2008, the UFC announced two major exclusive sponsorship deals with Harley-Davidson and Anheuser-Busch InBev, making the brewer's Bud Light the official and exclusive beer sponsor of the UFC.

In 2004 Interbrew merged with Brazilian brewer AmBev to form InBev, which is the now largest brewer in the world by volume, with a 13 % global market share ( as of 2004 ) now named Anheuser-Busch InBev ( 2008 )

Gaining a 15 percent wage increase over five years, Teamsters working at Anheuser-Busch facilities in the U. S. voted in a new agreement on November 7, 2008.

* Until 2008, drivers who win the pole award at a race must have had an Anheuser-Busch decal ( the Busch brand from 1979 – 2000, and the Budweiser brand 2001-07 ), or the corporate logo affixed to their car ( for drivers under 21 years of age ) at the time in order to earn the berth for the Budweiser Shootout.

Drivers must be 21 or older to wear alcohol decals, and those under 21 must wear a special sticker, which during Anheuser-Busch era was a corporate logo Pole Award sticker, without any brand indication, and since Molson's Coors Light took over in 2008, a " Coors Brewing Company 21 Means 21 " sticker.

In May 2010 it was speculated in The Times that InBev ( Anheuser-Busch InBev from 2008 onwards ) would attempt to sell the Boddingtons brand to another brewer after its failed attempt to sell the UK rights to Bass ale.

It was later bought by the Belgian brewer Interbrew ( now InBev ) in June 2000, which became part of Anheuser-Busch InBev in 2008.

" In July 2008, InBev reached a deal to acquire Anheuser-Busch, thereby returning ownership of Rolling Rock to InBev, now known as Anheuser – Busch InBev and based in Belgium.

On June 12, 2008, The Wall Street Journal stated that Anheuser-Busch InBev, which owns a non-controlling 50 % stake in the company, may attempt to acquire the remaining 50 %.

In 2008, Hansen Natural Corporation announced that they were switching distributors from Anheuser-Busch to Coca Cola.

Until the race sponsor changed to Camping World in 2008, the sponsorship of this race was not affected by the September 7, 2007 settlement between AT & T and NASCAR in regard to a grandfathered sponsorship deal, as Anheuser-Busch, the sponsor of the now NASCAR Nationwide Series at the time of the lawsuit, was not associated with the wireless industry.

On July 13, 2008, Inbev merged with Anheuser-Busch and Lucky officially became owned by Budweiser.

The southern areas became part of German offices for the United Nations in 2008.

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry ", became a catchphrase the world over ( the phrase was used again, first in Ang Lee's Hulk ( 2003 ), although in Spanish, and again in the 2008 movie The Incredible Hulk, with an altered version in Portuguese ).

Jouve and colleagues suggested in 2008 that juvenile marine crocodyliforms lived in freshwater environments like modern marine crocodile juveniles, which would have helped them survive where other marine reptiles became extinct ; freshwater environments were not as strongly affected by the K – Pg extinction event as marine environments.

In May 2008, Gail finally met Ted Page, the father she'd never known and in 2009, Gail's boyfriend, Joe McIntyre became addicted to pain killers, which came to a head when he broke into the medical centre.

* Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ) introduces thirteen " extra dimensional beings " with crystal skeletons, who founded a city that became the basis of the El Dorado myth.

In 2008 however Barack Obama became the first Democrat since 1964 to win Ormsby County / Carson City, defeating John McCain 49 % to 48 %, by 204 votes, a margin of under 1 %.

In 2008 16: 10 became the most common sold aspect ratio for LCD monitors and the same year 16: 10 was the mainstream standard for laptops and notebooks.

In 2008 the rivalry became more intense when in the last game of the year in which both teams could clinch a playoff spot with a victory, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Cowboys 44 – 6, and clinched a playoff spot, where they would go to lose the NFC Championship game to the Arizona Cardinals.

There were several piebald dachshunds that became AKC Champions in 2008.

In June 2008, EDuke32 became the only Duke Nukem 3D port to compile and run natively on 64-bit Linux systems without the use of a 32-bit compatibility environment thanks to significant porting contributions from the DOSBox team.

The 2008 team became the only team in NFL history to lose all 16 regular season games since the NFL went to a 16-game schedule in 1978.

The strength of the La Niña made the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season one of the most active since 1944 ; there were 16 named storms of at least 39 mph ( 63 km / h ), eight of which became or greater hurricanes.

In 2008 she became the recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture.

In 2008 it became known that during 2007 she had received two treatments at Ullevål, paid for by Norwegian public expenditures.

In 2004 development began on HTML5 in the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group ( WHATWG ), which became a joint deliverable with the W3C in 2008.

So, all works of Lovecraft published during his lifetime, became public domain in all 27 European Union countries on 1 January 2008.

Matti Vanhanen's two cabinets followed suit until autumn 2008, when the state became a major shareholder in the Finnish telecom company Elisa with the intention to secure the Finnish ownership of a strategically important industry.

In 2008, he became a patron of Population Matters, ( formerly known as the Optimum Population Trust ), which campaigns for a gradual decline in the global human population to a sustainable level.

On January 31, 2008, the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas became the first zoo in the Americas to document parthenogenesis in Komodo dragons.

By 2008, worldwide sales of televisions with LCD screens exceeded annual sales of CRT units ; the CRT became obsolete for most purposes.

Lausanne became the first city in Switzerland to have a rubber-tyred metro system, with the m2 Line which opened in October 2008.

In October 2008 Moldcell became the first carrier in Moldova to launch a 3G network, currently all carriers provide 3G services throughout the country.

Nancy Reagan's health and well-being became a prominent concern in 2008.

Defying political pundits, who had predicted it to be trounced in the April 2008 elections, the Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist ) became the largest party amidst a general atmosphere of fear and intimidation from all sides.

On May 25, 2008, Kasey Kahne won the Coca-Cola 600 by passing Tony Stewart with 2 laps to go, as Tony had a flat tire going into turn 1.

Kasey Kahne receives his 2008 Pocono 500 trophy.

On June 20, 2008, Kasey Kahne won the pole for the Toyota / Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, marking his second pole in three races.

On 1 July 2008, Merritt was inducted by Glenn A. Baker into the ARIA Hall of Fame, Merritt was joined on-stage by Kasey Chambers and Bill Chambers to perform " Slippin ' Away ".

He remained Fulham's first choice keeper until 1 March 2008, when, following injury, he was replaced by Kasey Keller.

* " Wildflower ", song by Kasey Chambers on the 2008 album Rattlin ' Bones