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...
On 13 February, the Colorado House passed a bill sponsored that would prohibit smoking in most indoor public places in the state.
Metin Kilci, chairman of the Privatisation Administration (OIB) in Turkey, said that the government is planning to issue a fresh tender in 2006 to sell the...
BAT Hungary recently announced that it will introduce less expensive cigarette brands in the country.
Russia-based Philip Morris Izhora has concluded a US$ 240 million upgrade of its facility.
Tobacco companies British American Tobacco Malaysia (BAT) and JT International (JTI) may post lower fourth-quarter net profits, due to weaker demand, analysts...
The ministry of finance of the Russian Federation plans to hike excise tax rates by 30 per cent next year and methodically raise them by an annual 20 per cent...
Tobacco analysts from Citigroup believe that Reynolds American (RAI) will be entering the smokeless tobacco category in the near future with its Camel brand...
Philip Morris, leader of the Ukrainian cigarette market, plans to inaugurate its new facility in the vicinity of Kharkiv in May 2006, said Leo McLoughlin, CEO...
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) have reached an agreement with Native...
Swedish Match has agreed to purchase the premium cigar business of the Netherlands-based Burger Group, including the Hajenius and Oud Kampen brands and related...