SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 (Reuters) - Support for a California measure that would increase the state's tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1 has dropped sharply two weeks before the June 5 vote, a survey...
May 24 - Fitch Ratings has published its quarterly report 'Food, Beverage, Tobacco and Consumer Stats - Fourth-Quarter 2011'. This report provides a summary of individual companies' operating and credit metrics …
* JT shares up 17.5 pct since start of 2012 (Adds details)
KARAWANG GIRANG, Indonesia, May 24 (Reuters) - Anti- tobacco advocates in Indonesia plan to file a class action lawsuit this month using cases of child addicts in the hope of forcing tougher regulations on a society where one in three people smokes.
TOKYO, May 24 (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco Inc said on Thursday it will buy Belgium tobacco product maker Gryson NV, which owns brands such as Fleur du Pays and Orlando, for 475 million euros ($597.7 million).
… Lorillard (Parent) --Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB'; --Short-term IDR at 'F2'; Lorillard Tobacco Co. (Wholly owned subsidiary) --Long-term IDR at 'BBB'; --Senior Unsecured Credit Facility at 'BBB'; --Senior …
LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - British American Tobacco Plc and other claimants are now able to pursue the recovery of over a billion pounds in UK tax payments dating in most cases back to 1973 after a favourable ruling by the Supreme Court of England and Wales.
… primarily in the challenging U.S. tobacco industry. U.S. cigarette volume is in secular decline ..... the steadily growing smokeless tobacco market. Unlike its cigarette brands, the company's smokeless tobacco products enjoy increasing demand …
… has about 30% of its holdings in overseas stocks. It's a socially conscious fund, meaning that it screens out alcohol, tobacco , gambling, weapons, and pornography stocks, along with--as of 2010--"too big to fail" banks. Managers emphasize …
GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) - The tobacco industry is providing legal advice to Ukraine and Honduras in their challenges to Australia's new tobacco packaging rules at the World Trade Organization,...