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With few exceptions, investors should run screaming from any stock quoted on the Pink Sheets. But not every over-the-counter stock is a dud. In fact, some of them are top-notch global companies. Here are some major companies listed on the Pink Sheets that are outperforming the S&P 500.

Prospects for reinvigorated growth among brewers have picked up again, partly because sales volume has begun to rebound from last year's sharp drop. And some pros have singled out Molson Coors as the brewer to bet on.

London-based brewer SABMiller is mulling a $10.9 billion bid for Melbourne-based Foster's Group, according to reports. But SABMiller is not alone, Japan's Asahi Breweries might also be interested.

A splashy music-industry event in New York City on Tuesday night began, inevitably, with a speech by Bono. American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert and pop artiste Lady GaGa closed the gala out. In between, passionate testimonials from Google (GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt and Universal Music Group CEO Doug...