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Former Gov. Bob McDonnell's attorneys are seeking documents from two federal agencies that they hope they can use to attack the credibility of the government's expected star witness in McDonnell's public corruption case.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland-- --Mar 14, 2014--Philip Morris International Inc.'s EU Region President Drago Azinovic made the following comment regarding the adoption by the Council of the European Union of the Tobacco Products Directive : "The Tobacco Products Directive adopted by the Council of the European Union today represents a worrying departure ... (more)

In trading on Friday, cigarettes & tobacco shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 1.3%.

Attorneys for Robert F. McDonnell want to subpoena the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Securities and Exchange Commission for documents they say might help them impeach a key government witness in the corruption case against the former Virginia governor.

After moving sideways for five months consolidating previous big gains, shares of Castle Brands exploded higher again in early March on very impressive volume.

The tobacco industry has some of the highest-yielding stocks in the market, with an industry average of 4.4%.

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A lot of the big fallers were companies going ex-dividend. Hammerson, Standard Chartered, Meggitt and British American Tobacco lost between 3.9% and 3.5%.

Philip Morris International declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.94 per common share, payable on April 11, 2014, to shareholders of record as of March 27, 2014.

Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. today reported fourth quarter 2013 net income of $3.4 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, compared to net income of $1.8 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, reported for fourth quarter 2012.

Philip Morris International declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 12th, Stock Ratings Network.com reports.

Bruce MacDougall, President and Chief Operating Officer, announced his retirement from the Company in January.

It has been vilified as the leading cause of cancer, forced to pay profit-crushing settlements, and even coerced into launching ad campaigns against its products.

With large tobacco companies attempting to tap into the fast-growing market for electronic cigarettes, analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch believe that British American Tobacco could benefit from the buy-out of one of its smaller rivals.

Currently, this dividend champion is attractive at 16.30 times earnings, yields 5.20%, and has a high but sustainable payout ratio.

's stock had its "buy" rating restated by Citigroup Inc. in a research note issued on Monday, Stock Ratings Network reports.

Rehoboth Beach is banning smoking on the boardwalk and bandstand area of the Delaware resort town this year and will limit smoking to designated areas of the beach.

The quarterly cash dividends will be payable on March 28, 2014 to holders of record as of March 20, 2014.

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen will asset that their actions for Richmond businessman Jonnie R. Williams were 'official.'

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