Globalizing Tobacco Control: Anti-smoking Campaigns in California, France, and Japan (Tracking Globalization)
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
With the smoking rate declining among both men and women in Japan, tobacco companies are releasing new brands in the country to keep the smoking public happy.
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Japan's new administration is considering raising cigarette taxes to European levels to help pay for an ambitious domestic spending plan, in a potential threat to partially state-owned Japan Tobacco.
Kurashi - News From Japan (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
In Japan, a box of Marlboro Lights costs just around 320 yen, compared with 600 yen to 800 yen in the European Union. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told reporters on Friday that a hike in the tobacco tax is ''possible'' considering the adverse effects of smoking on public health and the environment. Even The Wall Street Journal paid attention: Japan's new administration is considering raising cigarette...
All About domains (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
list of two letter domain names and their associated companies AA.com = American Airlines AE.com = American Eagle BA.com = British Airways BC.com = Boise Cascade BD.com = Becton Dickinson BK.com = Burger King BN.com = Barnes & Noble BP.com = BP / British Petroleum BT.com = BT / British Telecom BV.com = Black & Veatch CA.com = CA / Computer Associates CJ.com = CJ / Comission Junction CK.com...
Swisster (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Two multinational companies with global headquarters in Geneva are expecting to expand their operations by hiring up to 750 additional employees in the next few years, according to a report in Tuesday's Tribune de Genève newspaper. The newspaper says that Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), set to move into offices currently being renovated at 12-14 chemin de Rieu, envisages increasing its...
From On High (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Every little bit helps in these troubled times. In this case, it's a new business (to Danville) linked to a very old - and storied - industry: JTI Leaf Services To Open New Facility In Danville Danville, VA, (October 8, 2009) – Danville Mayor Sherman M. Saunders and JTI Leaf Services today announced the creation of 39 full-time and 150 seasonal jobs in the Danville area with the opening of JTI...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
MANILA, Oct. 8 (PNA) – The subsidiary of Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has submitted its position to Senate’s Ways and Means Committee calling for a status quo on the current sin tax law.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Further to the comments of Japan Tobacco International's Daniel Torras (Letters, 17 September), the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has had seven years' exp
Inventor Spot (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
The success of Japan Tobacco's Smoking Manners for Adults campaign is debatable, though the Tokyo Subway authority's series of monthly Subway Manners posters proves imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. For JT, however, everything must come to an end - much like lit cigarettes - so let's enjoy ads 61 through 73!
Patent Docs (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
By Sydney Kokjohn -- Fish & Richardson and its pharmaceutical client Japan Tobacco Inc. recently discovered another error in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's method of calculating patent term adjustment ("PTA"). On January 8, 2009, Fish & Richardson filed an Application for Patent Term Adjustment under 37 C.F.R. § 1.705(d) (see Application). In addition to arguing that...
Patent Baristas (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has acknowledges that it might have been miscalculating patent term adjustment (PTA) for patents issued from 35 U.S.C. 371 national stage filings. Fish & Richardson and their pharmaceutical client Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) discovered a significant error in the manner by which the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) calculates [...] Related posts: How Long Does...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
Japan Tobacco's CEO thinks the group emerged from a scandal over pesticide-laced gyoza, or dumplings, with a more cohesive corporate DNA and focus on customer relations.
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
Summary: More than 50% of David Winters 's holdings are in foreign stocks. In 1Q09, his only Domestic Buy is The Coca-Cola Company and his top Sells: Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB ( FMX ) and Wynn Resorts Limited. International Holdings According to Wintergreen Fund 2008 Annual Report , US domestic equity only account for 28.3% of the total asset. The rest goes to cash (14.8%) and more importantly,...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Japan Tobacco Inc. is a Japanese company engaged mainly in the tobacco industry. The main business segments of the company are domestic and overseas tobacco, pharmaceutical, foods, and others. The tobacco segment manufactures and sells cigarette products in domestic and overseas market. The pharmaceutical segment is engaged in the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of drugs and medicines....
Fiercebiotech (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Merck has signed an agreement with Japan Tobacco to develop and commercialize JTT-305, an investigational oral osteoanabolic drug. Japan Tobacco gets an undisclosed upfront payment and could receive additional cash payments upon achievement of certain milestones. The company will also get royalties from sales of any drug candidates that receive marketing approval. Merck gains worldwide rights to JTT-305...
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