South Korea may toughen rules for share tender offers to help shield domestic companies from hostile takeover attempts, a senior official at the top financial...
Archive - February 2006
From tomorrow it will be illegal to puff on Melbourne's train and tram platforms, with ticket inspectors having the right to fine those who flout the law.
South Korea's largest tobacco maker, KT&G Corp, said on Monday its board had rejected a takeover offer from US investors Carl Icahn and Warren...
On Wednesday, St Paul (Minnesota) mayor Chris Coleman signed a city ordinance clearing the air in all bars and restaurants.
The smoking ban could spark riots in Scotland's jails, prison officers have warned.
William A. VanDenBurg, 80, claimed that smoking cigarettes for more than 30 years caused him to develop lung cancer. He sought US$ 15 million in compensatory...
Washington correspondents, especially Korean and Japanese journalists, have been fiercely competing to get access to a report on North Korean counterfeit...
Cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc (RAI) will look at "tobacco-related" opportunities to increase its business, its chief executive said on...
Missouri voters may decide on a tobacco tax this November.
Reynolds American Inc (RAI) and Loews Corp's (LTR) Lorillard unit Tuesday lost a bid to the Supreme Court to stop a California tobacco tax that is used to...