April 25, 2012
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc. says its net income fell 10 percent in the first quarter as higher prices couldn't offset a decline in the number of cigarettes sold.The nation's third-biggest tobacco company also announced Wednes...
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April 24, 2012
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Reynolds American says its first-quarter profit fell 29 percent as restructuring charges and a decline in cigarettes sold offset the effect of higher prices.
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April 16, 2012
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The nation's top cigarette companies have made their payments as part of the 25-year settlement in which some cigarette makers are paying states for smoking-related health care costs.
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April 5, 2012
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Lorillard Inc. CEO Murray Kessler received a pay package valued at $13 million in his first full year on the job with the nation's third-largest tobacco company, according to an Associated Press analysis of a regulatory filing.
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March 22, 2012
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Food and Drug Administration scientific advisory panel says dissolvable tobacco products could reduce health risks compared with smoking cigarettes but also have the potential to increase the overall number of tobacco users.
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February 9, 2012
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc. said today that its net income grew nearly 20 percent in the fourth quarter as it sold more cigarettes at higher prices.
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February 8, 2012
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Reynolds American Inc., the nation's second-biggest tobacco company, said today that its fourth-quarter profits rose 16 percent as higher prices and productivity gains helped offset declining cigarette sales.
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January 31, 2012
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is weighing in on a lawsuit over graphic cigarette warning labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker and a picture of diseased lungs, saying the federal government has no legitimate authorit...
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December 14, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The nation's two biggest tobacco companies, Philip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., have agreed to pay $6.25 million to support the country's largest online collection of internal tobacco industry documents, t...
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November 17, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal judge is asking the Justice Department and America's largest cigarette makers whether to delay a decision in a 12-year-old lawsuit against the tobacco industry while other cases challenging new tobacco regulations are...
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November 11, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dominion Virginia Power's North Anna Power Station, the first operating U.S. nuclear plant shut down because of an earthquake, can restart after being offline since the Aug. 23 tremor that shook millions along the East Coast, th...
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November 2, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is planning to spend $600 million over five years to educate the public about the dangers of tobacco use.
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October 25, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Reynolds American Inc., the nation's second-biggest tobacco company, said today its third-quarter profit fell nearly 4 percent on charges related to legal cases and other costs.
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October 24, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Greensboro-based cigarette maker Lorillard Inc.'s net income fell nearly 3 percent in the third quarter as higher costs offset selling more cigarettes at higher prices. Earnings and revenue both fell short of expectations. Loril...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Cigarette maker Lorillard says its net income fell nearly 3 percent in the third quarter as higher costs offset selling more cigarettes at higher prices.
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September 30, 2011
BOWLING GREEN, Va. (AP) — A prosecutor said Friday that a reckless driving charge will be dropped against a driver for a discount bus service whose bus crashed on Interstate 95 in Virginia, killing four people and injuring others.
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September 20, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Several public health groups are weighing in on a lawsuit over graphic cigarette warning labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker. The groups say the government has a strong interest in more effectively informing peopl...
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August 30, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that rattled the East Coast on Aug. 23 continues to produce aftershocks, and the tally for damages near its central Virginia epicenter has grown to more than $17 million to help rebuild one community...
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August 26, 2011
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — It's harvest time in much of the nation's tobacco patches, and this year's harvest is expected to be one of the smallest of the past decade.The U.S. Department of Agriculture said farmers are expected to produce 726 million p...
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July 28, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc. said Thursday that former White House chief of staff Andrew H. Card Jr. is joining the nation's third-biggest tobacco company's board of directors.
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July 25, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc.'s profit increased more than 10 percent in the second quarter as it sold more Newport and Maverick cigarettes at higher prices.
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July 22, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Reynolds American Inc.'s second-quarter profit fell almost 11 percent, chiefly on charges related to a legal case, the nation's second-biggest tobacco company said today.It sold fewer cigarettes, but was able to command higher p...
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July 7, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The nation's top tobacco companies' sales aren't expected to go up in smoke despite new grisly warning labels that are set to appear on U.S. cigarettes packs next year.
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July 6, 2011
BOWLING GREEN, Va. (AP) — The driver of an interstate bus that crashed in Virginia, killing four passengers and injuring dozens more, pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday. Kin Yiu Cheung, 37, of New York entered the plea after...
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June 27, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is conducting an independent review of research on the public health impact of menthol cigarettes —— which are mint flavored and one of the few growth sectors of the shrinking cigaret...
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