The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Six companies including the supermarket group Asda and the tobacco giant Gallaher, are set to be fined up to £132.3m after admitting to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) that they colluded on the pricing of cigarettes.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
) has announced the addition of the "Imperial Tobacco - Company Profile" company profile to their offering. This company profile will assist individual investors, managers and companies in evaluating opportunities, trends, market innovations, and selecting appropriate information solutions in order to make effective decisions. The report is based on extensive research using data available from reliable...
Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Cigarette maker says most smokers would quit if prices were to triple. 7 Jul 2008 5:31 PM
Royal Dutch Shell plc .com (Free subscription) | 04/26/2008
‘Law broken’ on pricing by tobacco firms and stores · Collaboration alleged after fair trading inquiry · Major companies named will respond within month Simon Bowers The Guardian, Saturday April 26 2008 Supermarkets and tobacco groups have illegally collaborated on prices of cigarettes and rolling tobacco, according to an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading. The regulator has unearthed what...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 04/26/2008
Two tobacco giants and the "big four" UK supermarket chains are being investigated over the alleged price-fixing of cigarettes in breach of competition laws.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 03/26/2008
STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rupini Bergstrom has been appointed Director International Media Relations & PR at the Swedish Match Group (STO:SWMA). Rupini Bergstrom will be
The Independent (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008
The value of UK companies falling into foreign hands hit record levels last year, according to Government numbers, marking the country's fourth consecutive year as a net seller of companies.
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 02/23/2008
British American Tobacco Plc, the maker of Lucky Strike cigarettes, bid $1.72 billion to win an auction for Turkish cigarette maker Tekel, gaining access to a market where more than half of adult males
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 02/21/2008
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: ) announced today that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco C.V. (RJRTCV), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of RAI, will receive a payment of euro 265.0 million (approximately $387.6 million) from Gallaher Limited (Gallaher), a JT International (JTI) Group company, resulting from the termination of the joint-venture agreement...
Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 02/20/2008
British American Tobacco Plc (BAT), the producer of Lucky Strike cigarettes, and Doğan Holding, which controls Turkey's largest media group, are among the four bidders for the state-run tobacco
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japan Tobacco Inc , the world's third biggest tobacco company by sales, said Thursday that net profit for the nine months to Dec. 31 rose 14.7%, bolstered by stronger overseas sales following the acquisition of British tobacco giant Gallaher Group. The company, known as JT, posted a net profit during the first three fiscal quarters of 221.85 billion yen ($2.08 billion),...
Nikkei (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Japan Tobacco 3Q Net Profit Rises With Contributions From UK UnitTOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan Tobacco Inc. (2914) Thursday reported that its group net profit for the October-December quarter rose with contributions from U.K. tobacco maker Gallaher Group Plc., which it purchased last year.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 01/18/2008
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icWales (Free subscription) | 12/28/2007
JAPANESE camera giant Olympus's £935m deal to buy keyhole surgery equipment maker Gyrus yesterday cleared US competition hurdles.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/07/2007
DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c73676
