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By Julie Zhu, Joshua Franklin, Abhinav Ramnarayan and Philip Blenkinsop. : HONG KONG/NEW YORK/LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Reluctance to accept AB InBev’s high valuations doomed Budweiser APAC’s IPO of up to $9.8 billion - poised to be the world’s biggest this year - investors and bankers said, putting would-be floats on notice that careful pricing remains key to deal success. Anheuser Busch InBev NV (AB InBev) (ABI.BR), the world’s largest brewer, dramatically shelved the initial public offering (IPO) of its Asian business on Friday, citing market conditions among other factors.

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