Sentences with phrase «cigarette makers»

The best example I can think of is Altria, the largest cigarette maker in the U.S.. It's been a terrific stock over the last 4 decades, and has done especially well after about 1998.

At the end of that fight, he helped negotiate a $ 206 billion settlement from cigarette makers like Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, and Brown & Williamson for causing cancer.

«Over the course of three short days, the tobacco stocks were bent, they were spindled and they were mutilated by the realization that electronic cigarettes have become a serious threat to the old - school cigarette makers,» he continued.

The Associated Press reports that the plaintiffs include R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Lorillard Tobacco Co., Commonwealth Brands Inc., Liggett Group LLC and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Inc., but not Altria Group Inc., which controls the largest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA.

That year saw the settlement of litigation against cigarette makers, which ended with an estimated $ 206 billion settlement.

Facing a shrinking smoking population at home, the world's fourth - biggest cigarette maker this month announced it would buy an Indonesian maker of «kretek» tobacco and clove cigarettes, together with its distributor, for $ 677 million.

For example, we picked the «wrong» cigarette maker with Philip Morris (PM).

Cigarette makers Reynolds American (RAI), Altria Group (MO) and Lorillard (LO) have also consistently paid excellent dividends.

The activities of Imasco, at the time of Crawford's tenure leading the company from 1985 to 1995, would later come under the scrutiny of federal authorities during investigations of smuggling schemes allegedly orchestrated by Canadian cigarette makers to avoid rising sales taxes put in place to deter Canadians from smoking.

During the 1990s, cigarette makers in Canada increasingly exported their products to the U.S. and facilitated their re-importation back into the domestic market.

«Over the course of three short days, the tobacco stocks were bent, they were spindled and they were mutilated by the realization that electronic cigarettes have become a serious threat to the old - school cigarette makers.»

In 2006, the Florida Supreme Court «threw out a $ 145 billion class - action verdict against cigarette makers.»

Cigarette maker Philip Morris Companies changed its name to Altria Group Inc. (MO) to ensure that consumers knew that it was «more than a tobacco company,» a senior company executive told the New York Times in 2001.

Cramer tracks how electronic cigarette makers like Juul Labs are stifling business at traditional cigarette makers.

Practically a tobacco industry obituary, Spielman's analysis cited the serious threats increasingly popular electronic smoking devices like Juul pose to cigarette makers, Cramer said.

Some cigarette makers, including Altria, have introduced Juul - like products, but the Citi analyst worried they could sacrifice earnings growth by moving into the low - margin vape pen business.

Accelerating the decline of smoking in the U.S. will probably weigh on sales, but cigarette makers have already been racing to find new moneymakers.

She'd have seen that the best performing stocks would be mundane, boring food & beverage companies, cigarette makers, and insurers.

No matter what the cigarette makers say about tobacco - induced coolness, bonhomie, cowboy ruggedness, independence, and sexiness, it's mostly nonsense.

This doubles the number of shares I own in the cigarette maker, also adding much needed beef to my January dividend income.

She'd have seen that the best performing stocks would be mundane, boring food & beverage companies, cigarette makers, and insurers.

Seitz had worked as a consultant for cigarette giant RJ Reynolds — earning $ 540,000 over the years — and helped hand out more than $ 45 million of the cigarette maker's money for medical «research».

A state court jury in Los Angeles decided this week that cigarette maker Philip Morris USA should pay $ 13.8 million in punitive damages to the daughter of a longtime smoker.