Yearly Archives: 2009

Reynolds dropped to junk bond level

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered the corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings for RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings to junk bond status.
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Tobacco companies claim Ottawa played equal role developing cigarettes

In the waning days of the cigarette’s cool cache in the late 1960s, as the dangers of lighting up were becoming more and more apparent, the federal government invested its research dollars into developing “safer” low-tar varieties, say tobacco companies.
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R.J. Reynolds Failed to Cash ‘Camel Bucks,’ Class Action Says

A California federal court class action claims that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. canceled its “Camel Cash” promotion without allowing participants to redeem their certificates for merchandise.
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Altria unit wins minority development award

Altria Client Services has won the Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council’s Soaring Eagle award for providing contracting opportunities to minority firms.
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UF students caught in middle of tobacco case’s controversy

Four University of Florida graduate students who did research for a tobacco company’s legal defense have been caught in a debate over the role of historians in such cases.
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States Spending Less to Fight Smoking

States spent $567 million on smoking prevention and cessation programs in the latest fiscal year, a 15 percent decrease from the year before, a report said.
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Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend of $0.58 Per Share

The Board of Directors of Philip Morris International Inc. today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.58 per common share, payable on January 11, 2010, to stockholders of record as of December 28, 2009.
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Altria: The Healthiest Stock Addiction

David Gardner called it. Hea s up 1,334%! See what Davida s recommending that you buy NEXT.
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R.J. Reynolds says it is planning to reduce manufacturing work force

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. said today that it plans to reduce its manufacturing work force by an undisclosed number as part of a continuing effort to lower expenses.
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Japan Tobacco Rises After Repo…

Japan Tobacco Inc. rose the most in a year in Tokyo trading after the Mainichi newspaper reported the nation’s cigarette tax may be increased less than the amount sought by the Health Ministry.
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