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Several companies run annual brand valuations. It is a good business for advertising and marketing firms to be viewed as experts on brands. Brand values are based on the cash flow they create, and...
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Big tobacco got over yet another big news hurdle yesterday after a U.S. District Court sided with Reynolds American (RAI) in its long-running patent tussle with Star Scientific (STSI), this on the...
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Congress has finally come within a day or two of finalizing a bill the will have the FDA regulate the tobacco industry. The markets of cigarettes, cigars, and chew have avoided the government’s...
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Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTCBB: GFON), or Gulf Onshore, Inc. (GFON), is yet another public stock company which is going after the field of legalized medical marijuana. Just last week the company...
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If you thought that the legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes was a controversial, imagine how controversial it would be if a company was public in the sector of legalized marijuana. Forget...
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Universal Corporation (NYSE: UVV) has filed an automatic shelf registration statement with the SEC that will allow it from time to time to sell securities. The leaf tobacco merchant and processor...
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As long as companies in the "smokes" business are not being sued by dead people who used their products, it is a hell of a business. Operating margins can run above 20% and cash flow is stupendous....
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Philip Morris USA, part of Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), has filed a rather interesting lawsuit which could act to set the precedent for case law for years ahead. Big Tobacco asked a federal court to...
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The merger chatter this morning has Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) looking at UST Inc. (NYSE: UST) in a deal valued at $10 Billion or higher. This could be a major score for Big Tobacco. The Us...
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Altria Group Inc. (MO) spooked shareholders today when it said cigarette shipments this year may plunge as much as 3.5 percent. The stock fell to a three-month low as investors wondered whether the...
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Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) has just filed a shelf registration that would allow the international tobacco giant to sell debt securities and warrants to purchase debt securities. As...
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On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer discussed Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) and its soon to be break-up where Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) will be on its own. It sounded like he...
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Loews Corporation (NYSE:LTR) has approved a plan to spin off its entire ownership interest in Lorillard, Inc. to holders of its Carolina Group (NYSE: CG) stock and Loews common stock in a tax free...
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Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) is seeing additional pressure this afternoon. Apparently the FDA said it is looking into reports that Pfizer has sent out an "early communications notice" to doctors warning them...
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If you follow beverage stocks or follow alcohol and beer stocks very much, you certainly saw the huge gains today seen in Canadian ADR’s of Molson Coors (NYSE:TAP). Shares rose some 10% on...
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