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| S&P to Rate Tobacco Bonds as High as 'A' |
After conducting an extensive analysis of all known rating risks, Standard & Poor's today announced that bonds secured by tobacco settlement revenues can achieve ratings as high as 'A.' |
10/19/99 |
| National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Cancer Institute and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Create Tobacco Use Research Centers |
Seven academic institutions have been awarded grants totaling .5 million by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to create the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers for studying tobacco use and ne |
10/19/99 |
| Mixed profits seen for U.S. tobacco companies |
U.S. tobacco companies' third-quarter profits are expected to be mixed amid declining cigarette consumption due to price increases and weak demand overseas, industry analysts said. |
10/19/99 |
| Brazilian State Files Tobacco Suit |
The Brazilian state of Goias filed a lawsuit Monday against more than a dozen U.S. tobacco companies, seeking billions of dollars on behalf of sick smokers. |
10/19/99 |
| Sept. Inflation Up But Matches Forecasts |
The main U.S. inflation gauge rose in September at the fastest rate in five months, the Labor Department said Tuesday, but the gain was driven by energy and tobacco prices and the report held few worrisome surprises. |
10/19/99 |
| Philip Morris Profits Match Estimates |
Philip Morris Cos. Inc., the world's largest tobacco company, Tuesday posted higher third-quarter profits of .095 billion, meeting Wall Street estimates, despite continued declines in its domestic and international tobacco operations. |
10/19/99 |
| Philip Morris Earnings Up 2 Percent |
Philip Morris Cos. Inc.'s profit edged up 2 percent in the third quarter before onetime charges, matching Wall Street expectations as increases in food and beer earnings offset a decline in tobacco profits. |
10/19/99 |
| Corporate Watchdog Says Major Shift in Philip Morris's Public Relations Is a Response to Public Pressure |
Philip Morris's recent acknowledgment that tobacco is harmful and addictive, while a welcome reversal of decades of deception, is a response to public pressure and exposure of internal documents that make it impossible for the corporation to continue to d |
10/18/99 |
| Does Cigarette Smoking Cause Stress? |
Smokers often report that cigarettes help relieve feelings of stress. However, the stress levels of adult smokers are slightly higher than those of nonsmokers, adolescent smokers report increasing levels of stress as they develop regular patterns of smoki |
10/18/99 |
| Moorlach Wary of Plans to Spend Tobacco Windfall |
Orange County Treasurer John M.W. Moorlach, who raised questions about the county's investments before its historic bankruptcy, is urging public officials to slow down in their zeal to create a plan for managing 2 million in tobacco money heading into |
10/18/99 |
| BT Regrets Pagers In Marlboro Promotion |
British Telecommunications Plc has apologized after supplying pagers to a promotion for Marlboro cigarettes, saying it does not want to be involved with promoting tobacco, a spokesman said Saturday. |
10/17/99 |
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