BAT earnings up 17 percent as 2008 starts well
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Reuters - Wed 07 May, 09:49 AM
British American Tobacco <BATS.L>, the world's second biggest cigarette maker, posted a bumper 17 percent rise in first-quarter earnings on Wednesday as 2008 got off to a great start which helped to boost its shares.
BAT earnings up 17 percent as year starts well
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Reuters - Wed 07 May, 07:18 AM
British American Tobacco <BATS.L>, the world's second-biggest cigarette maker, posted a 17 percent rise in first-quarter earnings, boosted by the weak pound and said that the year had got off to a great start.
Zimbabwe tobacco farmers protest as inflation soars
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AFP
- Wed 30 Apr, 01:26 PM
Zimbabwean farmers tore up their tobacco crop in protest on the auction floors of Harare on Wednesday as state price controls to combat hyperinflation threatened to wipe out their profits.
Tobacco firms probed over price fixing
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Reuters - Fri 25 Apr, 01:01 PM
Tobacco companies and retailers, including all big four supermarket chains, were accused by the consumer affairs watchdog on Friday of fixing prices on cigarettes between 2000 and 2003.
OFT alleges unlawful tobacco market practices
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Reuters - Fri 25 Apr, 07:33 AM
The consumer affairs watchdog said on Friday it suspected cigarette price-fixing involving tobacco companies and retailers, including all big four supermarket chains, between 2000 and 2003.
JT, Nissin abandon plan to integrate frozen food business
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AFP
- Wed 06 Feb, 02:10 AM
Japan Tobacco Inc and Nissin Food Products Co. have abandoned a planned merger of their frozen-food businesses amid a national scare over China-made dumplings, company officials said Wednesday.
Marlboro Man in Lausanne -- Altria dodges US legal bullet
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AFP
- Thu 31 Jan, 08:46 AM
Altria, the world's leading tobacco company, is spinning off its Switzerland-based unit so it will be able to sell internationally beyond the reach of US anti-tobacco lawsuits.
Altria to spin off Philip Morris in March
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AFP
- Wed 30 Jan, 05:58 PM
US tobacco giant Altria said Wednesday it would spin off its Philip Morris International unit in March, continuing a restructuring begun last year.
Imperial Tobacco wins control of Altadis
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AFP
- Tue 22 Jan, 01:45 PM
A new tobacco giant incorporating well-known brands Regal cigarettes and Montecristo cigars emerged Tuesday as Britain's Imperial Tobacco won control of Franco-Spanish peer Altadis.
Imperial Tobacco extends takeover offer for Altadis
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AFP
- Tue 08 Jan, 11:21 AM
Imperial Tobacco said Tuesday it had handed shareholders in Franco-Spanish cigarette maker Altadis an extra week to accept its takeover bid worth 12.8 billion euros (18.8 billion dollars).
Altadis shareholders remove barrier to Imperial takeover
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Altria to sell New York headquarters for 525 million dollars
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EU clears Imperial's buy of Altadis
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Japan Tobacco to close Linz plant in Austria
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Altria to spin off Philip Morris International
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BAT profits climb in second quarter
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Imperial Tobacco strikes 16.2-billion-euro deal for Altadis
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Takeover news caps falls on European stock markets
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Altadis accepts 16.2 bln euro takeover by Imperial Tobacco
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Tobacco group Altadis awaits takeover proposals
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Altadis reveals takeover bid from private equity groups
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BAT strikes higher profit in first quarter
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Japan Tobacco lights up record profits
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