Tobacco products

Tobacco Company Reynolds In Talks To Buy Company For Quitters

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

RICHMOND, Va. — Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes and Grizzly smokeless tobacco, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps people stop smoking, a tobacco expert who said he was briefed by people close to the talks told The Associated Press Monday. The second-largest U.S. tobacco company is eyeing Niconovum AB, which sells cigarette replacement products in gum, pouch and...

• Cigarette company might purchase firm that makes smoking alternatives - Tampa Bay Online

Altria: Tobacco Stock at a Discount

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

Eddy Elfenbein submits: Tobacco companies are hated by the public but the stocks are very tempting financially. Over the weekend, Barron’s looked at Altria ( MO ): At around 18.50, Altria has one of the lowest price/earnings ratios in the global cigarette industry. It also has one of the highest dividend yields: 7.3%. The stock trades for 10.6 times projected 2009 profits of $1.77 a share and...

Tobacco growers in Mysore district threaten to launch agitation

Hindu (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

MYSORE: Tobacco growers in Mysore district have threatened to launch an agitation if the Tobacco Board fails to intervene and set right the downward spiral of prices in the market. Addressing a press conference here on Monday, the ...

Nigeria: Court Dismisses Tobacco Firms' Applications

All Africa (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago

A Lagos High Court has dismissed three applications seeking to strike out the names of International Tobacco Company Limited, British American Tobacco Plc and British American Tobacco (investment) Limited from the $21 billion suit instituted by the Lagos State Government and Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN).

Report: Reynolds eyes co that helps smokers quit

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

A newspaper is reporting Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps people quit smoking. The Wall Street Journal says the second-largest U.S. tobacco company is eyeing Niconovum AB, which sells such... Reynolds American - Cigarette - Tobacco industry - Tobacco - Wall Street Journal

• Reynolds in Talks for Sweden's Niconovum - The Street
• WSJ: Reynolds American eyes Niconovum - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Aera
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Reynolds Seeks Ironic Deal: Report

The Street (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Reynolds American is in talks to buy a firm that makes products to help people quit smoking, according to reports.

Report: Reynolds Eyes Co That Helps Smokers Quit

ABC News (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Report: Reynolds American in talks to buy Swedish maker of smoking-cessation products

Report: Reynolds eyes co that helps smokers quit

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps people quit smoking, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Report: Reynolds eyes co that helps smokers quit

Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes, is in talks to buy a ...

Will Patient's Rights Survive Health Care Reform?

MyDD (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

Disclosure: I'm proud to be working with the American Association for Justice to protect patients' rights. With the passage of Health Care Reform in the House, the stakes are rising by the day. As we saw this weekend with the adoption of the Stupak-Pitts amendment, changes to the bill can be made with blinding speed and millions of Americans can lose out in hours. Thanks to a well-funded and decades...

National Stop Smoking Campaign Continues With Information, Resources for Smokers

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

National Alliance for Tobacco Cessation Promotes Program with Ads, PSAs and Web Resources

Star Scientific, Inc. Reports NASDAQ Notification Regarding Minimum Bid Price, Files Third Quarter Report with SEC

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

PETERSBURG, Va., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Star Scientific, Inc. (Nasdaq: STSI) reported today that on November 5, 2009 it received a deficiency letter from NASDAQ staff indicating that the company is not in compliance with the NASDAQ minimum bid rule. The letter noted that for the previous thirty consecutive trading days the company's minimum closing bid price per share had been below the $1.00...

Schweitzer-Mauduit Announces Common Stock Offering

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (NYSE: SWM) ("Schweitzer-Mauduit" or "the company") today announced that it plans to publicly offer 1.8 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten offering. In addition, the company intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of shares sold....

Reynolds Said to Be in Talks for Nicotine Gum Firm

DealBook (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

Reynolds American, the tobacco company, is in talks to buy Niconovum, a Swedish maker of nicotine gum and mouth sprays, Bloomberg News reported.

• Reynolds in Talks for Sweden's Niconovum - The Street

Four Dividend Raisers in the news

Dividend Growth Investor (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

Many investors are being sold on the idea of generating income in retirement by solely focusing on fixed income securities. That way they would have a stable income pretty much for life and there is a high likelihood that the principle would be returned intact after the bond matures. The main problem with this strategy is that while the income would remain unchanged over time, its real purchasing...

On May 5 on STF RFCA volume of deals with shares made KZT 7,020.0 th. or equivalent of $58.3 th.

gumir | 05/06/2008

Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) informs that on April 16, 2008 on the special trade floor of regional financial center of Almaty (STF RFCA) in the secondary market sector, two deals with common shares KZ1C05500018 (aUTMK) of Ust-Kamenogorskiy titanium-magnesium combine JSC (Ust-Kamenogorsk) were registered. The deals were conducted with 260 shares at the price of KZT 27,000.00 per each one for the