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1 hr ago | Irish Independent

13:57 HSBC leads London market higher

Banks were back in the spotlight as HSBC and Barclays gave updates and Lloyds Banking Group announced plans to cut 5,000 jobs.

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Related Topix: Imperial Tobacco Group

6 hrs ago | AccountancyAge.com

ICAEW-qualifed Cooper is new Imperial Tobacco boss

ICAEW -qualified Alison Cooper is set to take on the chief executive role at FTSE 100 cigarette business Imperial Tobacco .

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Related Topix: Imperial Tobacco Group, Financial Services, Accounting

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Virginia Business

Star Scientific plans to introduce a new product

Star Scientific Inc. plans to introduce a nutraceutical in 2010 that would help adult smokers maintain a nicotine-free metabolism.

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Related Topix: Star Scientific, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication, Somerset, NJ, Middlesex Metro, Marketing

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

NC court ends tobacco company payments in Md., Pa.

North Carolina's highest court says three cigarette companies no longer have to make payments to tobacco farmers in Maryland and Pennsylvania through a decade-old settlement.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Marketing, Food and Drug Administration, Business News

Earth Times

StockSource.us on Stock With Breakout Potential

Del Mar, CA - The Mundus Group, Inc. is an advanced aerospace technology consortium providing patented Vertical Take Off and Landing technology for experimental aircraft and Unmanned Air Vehicles since 1990 through its fully owned VTOL division, Roadable Aircraft International .

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Del Mar, CA, Flying, Life, Hobbies, US Military, US Navy, Social Software

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Eden Daily News

RJR loses first round in court case

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s bid to carve out a "free speech" marketing niche for innovative products received a setback yesterday.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Marketing, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Food and Drug Administration

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Herald-Standard

Judge won't bar new federal tobacco marketing regs

A federal judge ruled Thursday that tobacco companies hoping to block new restrictions on their marketing have little chance of succeeding.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Marketing, Food and Drug Administration, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Altria Group

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

Du... 10/29/2009 - 06:27 PM CHICAGO-- --CNA Financial Corporation announced that, effective November 2, David Rutkowski has been appointed senior vice president of Commercial Segments.

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Related Topix: Public Relations, New York, Insurance, CNA Financial, Cigna

Tue Nov 03, 2009

CSP

AMCON Distributing Expands Into N.W. Arkansas

OMAHA, Neb. -- AMCON Distributing Co., an Omaha, Neb.-based consumer products company, has announced that it will significantly increase its wholesale distribution presence in the Northwest Arkansas market with the acquisition of the convenience store distribution assets of Discount Distributors from its parent Harps Food Stores Inc., Springdale, ...

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Related Topix: Retail, Grocery, Fayetteville Metro, Springdale, AR

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Charleston Gazette

Ex-tobacco insider says companies target blacks

A former tobacco industry executive said Friday in Charleston that cigarette companies have targeted black people in America.

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Related Topix: Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro, Williamson, WV, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Smoking, Medicine, Health

Sun Nov 01, 2009

SchaeffersResearch.com

Option Players Fan the Bearish Flames on Philip Morris International

Option Players Fan the Bearish Flames on Philip Morris International Posted on 10/30/2009 4:09 PM Publication: "Motley Fool" Publication Date: 10/30/2009 KeyWords: PM This Motley Fool article argues the potential risks of investing in tobacco titan Philip Morris International , highlighting the "demand-killing effects of cigarette taxes" and ...

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Philip Morris, Reynolds raising per-pack prices

The nation's two top cigarette-makers are boosting per-pack prices by 6 cents to 8 cents.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Altria Group

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Texas Lawyer

N.Y. Bid for $15 Million Fee Against Tobacco Giant Ruled Excessive

A Manhattan judge has rejected New York state's bid to collect $15 million from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

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Related Topix: RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Business Wire

AMCON Distributing Company Increases Quarterly Dividend by 80%

AMCON Distributing Company , an Omaha, Nebraska based consumer products company is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors of AMCON has increased its quarterly cash dividend by 80% to a rate of $0.18 per common share.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE Metro

Wed Oct 28, 2009

CSP

Another Boost to Cigarette Prices

Philip Morris USA will raise prices on its top-selling Marlboro and other cigarette brands, a company spokesman said on Monday.

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Related Topix: Altria Group, Healthcare Law, Law

Sunday Herald

British American Tobacco's sales fizzle out as recession takes hold

British American Tobacco Plc, the world's second-biggest cigarette maker, posted a 3 percent dip in underlying nine-month sales volumes as it said trading conditions had deteriorated.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

The Post-Standard

New York state might try to collect taxes on Indian cigarette sales

In this April 20, 1997, picture, New York State Police and Seneca Nation Indians and their supporters clash on the New York State Thruway on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, near Irving, as the Senecas hold a protest rally over New York state's attempt to collect taxes on cigarettes and gasoline sold on the reservation.

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Related Topix: New York, Cattaraugus, NY, Irving, NY, Albany Metro, Albany, NY, Altria Group

KAAL

On the Call: Lorillard CEO Martin Orlowsky

Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc.'s largest competitors _ Altria Group Inc. and Reynolds American Inc.

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Related Topix: Altria Group, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Food and Drug Administration

Mon Oct 26, 2009

The Modesto Bee

NY may try to collect taxes on Indian cigarettes

A deepening deficit has New York officials looking again at how to collect unpaid taxes on cigarettes sold by Indian tribes to non-Indians. The issue is also making unlikely allies of cigarette makers and anti-smoking interests who say taxation would limit illegal sales and keep cigarettes out of the hands of minors.

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Related Topix: New York, Altria Group, Business News

WNOL-TV New Orleans

Lorillard 3rd-quarter profit dips partly on higher expenses, consumers curbing their spending

Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc. said Monday that its third-quarter profit dipped 1 percent, pinched by higher expenses and consumers tightening their spending.

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Related Topix: Greensboro, NC, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Altria Group

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