Tobacco News

The base purchase price of $750 million excludes an additional payment of up to $100 million contingent on Megapolis's ability to meet certain performance targets.

Former Reynolds American chairwoman and CEO Susan Ivey Cameron has joined the company's board of directors, nearly three years after her retirement, the Winston-Salem Journal reported.

RAI's website, www.reynoldsamerican.com , is the primary source of publicly disclosed news about RAI and its operating companies.

Growing Stock Report expands its NYSE Decliners Weekly Watch List adding SandRidge Energy, Inc. and Altria Group Inc. .

The credit outlook for the U.S. tobacco industry is stable although previously benign regulatory risks could arise in 2014, according to Fitch Ratings.

Rep. Andy Olson, R-Albany, will propose a bill for the February 2014 Oregon legislative session banning electronic cigarette sales to minors.

Dec. 05 -- PETA has joined a long list of advocacy groups that have bought shares of Reynolds American Inc. stock to have a short say at the manufacturer's annual shareholder meeting.

For now, all remains fine and well. However, massive long-term headwinds exist. Lorillard's top competitors, Altria Group 's RJR Tobacco, are likely to see similar patterns.

Philip Morris is buying a 20 per cent stake in Megapolis Distribution BV, the holding company for its Russian cigarette distributor, for $750 million.

Electronic cigarettes are the latest frontier for tobacco companies looking for new areas of growth in the midst of a sluggish traditional market.

Mark R. Warner , bipartisan deal-maker, stands with hands on hips in his gubernatorial portrait, looking ready for horse-trading.

Late last week the MS Global Franchise Fund released their third quarter portfolio.

Custom stock reports and email news alert service for Centerra Gold Inc. is now available on Stockboard.com.

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Many of my clients specifically ask me to find stocks that pay high dividends. The ones they continue to ask about are tobacco companies, with Philip Morris International frequently coming in at the top of the list.

Shares of Altria Group was the target of some unusual options trading on Monday.

Gov. Robert F. McDonnell, who kept a low profile during the governor's race because of an ethics scandal, will appear at a fundraiser this week for state Sen. Jeffrey L. McWaters.

's stock had its "buy" rating restated by investment analysts at BNP Paribas in a note issued to investors on Monday, AnalystRatings.NET reports.

Zoom's first product, a superior disposable, non-rechargeable line, will be the Company's first e-cigarette and sales and distribution of the brand will be managed by Liggett Vector Brands LLC. ZOOM premium e-cigs will feature Tobacco and Menthol flavors, in Bold and Smooth styles.

A ruling Hertfordshire politician has defended the decision to launch a countywide anti-smoking campaign while the council has more than A 20 million invested in a tobacco company.