Topics :: tobacco company

• Philip Morris ordered to pay $300 million to former smoker

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 11/20/2009 05:01 am

  A South Florida jury yesterday ordered Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million to a former smoker, agreeing that the tobacco company’s negligence was the cause of her emphysema. The ...

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• Business Briefs for Nov. 11

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 11/11/2009 05:01 am

  Tobacco company Star Scientific Inc. has six months to get its stock price above $1 per share or face possible delisting from the Nasdaq stock exchange. The Petersburg-based company said ...

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• Altria employees give $2.4 million to local nonprofits

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 09/26/2009 05:01 am

  In a tough environment for nonprofit fundraising, 90 local organizations recently were awarded grants totaling $2.4 million, thanks to employees of Altria Group Inc. Employees of Henrico County-based Altria, the ...

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• Philip Morris gets help stopping fake cigarettes

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 09/24/2009 06:26 pm

  The International Trade Commission has ordered U.S. customs officials to bar imports of import of counterfeit cigarettes bearing the trademarks of Philip Morris USA, the nation’s No. 1 tobacco company ...

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• Altria' sales for first six months of 2009

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 08/27/2009 05:01 am

  No. 1—biggest U.S. cigarette company and smokeless tobacco company 50.2% share of U.S. cigarette market 56.1% share of moist snuff market 29.8% share of U.S. cigar market $9.9 billion in ...

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• Earnings reports for Aug. 11

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 08/11/2009 05:01 am

  Star Scientific Inc.‘s loss widened in the second quarter, despite higher sales, as the company’s legal expenses rose. The Petersburg-based company also reported yesterday that it is in “active discussions ...

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• Production ends at Philip Morris USA' N.C. plant

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 07/30/2009 05:01 am

  As of this morning, Philip Morris USA’s Richmond manufacturing plant is the only site where the company makes cigarettes. The Henrico County-based tobacco company said yesterday that the last cigarettes—specifically, ...

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• Earnings for July 23

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 07/23/2009 05:01 am

  Altria Group Inc., the largest U.S. tobacco company, said second-quarter profit rose 8.6 percent after price increases. The Henrico County-based maker of Marlboro cigarettes also raised its full-year forecast. Net ...

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• Earnings for July 23

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 07/23/2009 05:01 am

  Altria Group Inc., the largest U.S. tobacco company, said second-quarter profit rose 8.6 percent after price increases. The Henrico County-based maker of Marlboro cigarettes also raised its full-year forecast. Net ...

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• BUSINESS BRIEFS

  Local business from the Times-Dispatch | 07/11/2009 05:01 am

  Altria Group Inc., the largest U.S. tobacco company, has lost a legal bid to retain $24.5 million in tax deductions. Altria, based in Henrico County, sued the U.S. government in ...

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