Belgium InBev (Kirsty Wigglesworth) Big beer is a big global business, and two news stories this week affect the companies operating big breweries in Upstate New York. First, Anheuser-Busch InBev, the Belgian-conglomerate that operates one of its 12 U.S. breweries near Baldwinsville, this week re-purchased South Korea's Oriental Brewery for $5.8 billion. A-B InBev is actually buying back the company it had sold in 2009 for $1.8 billion. The purchase is aimed at strengthening A-B InBev's market in Asia. In Central New York: A-B is currently in negotiations with the Teamsters union on a new national contract, to replace the one that expires next month. When InBev took over St. Louis-based A-B in 2008, it pledged not to close any of its breweries during the life of that contract. Meanwhile, there's going to be a new executive in charge of the parent company of Rochester's Genesee Brewing Co. Rich Lozyniak will leave after five years heading North American Breweries.