Tobacco ads have been banned in many countries for years, but Big Tobacco is finding ways to get around the rules — like partnering with Formula 1 to punt their new products to a global audience
Tobacco growers, processors and manufacturers say they will be the ones to pay the highest price if the new law is passed
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British American Tobacco says 200 workers will be out of a job soon but public health researchers argue they’re using misleading figures to back retrenchments
The cigarette maker has been accused of giving up to $500 000 in bribes and spying on competitors
The world’s number two tobacco company sees three million new consumers for its noncombustible options
The tyranny of the markets is evident, with the cigarette company exemplifying this through its bid to weaken the government’s measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus
Could companies’ wooing of social media influencers be just a clever ploy to get around the country’s tobacco advertising ban?
Muzzled by stringent laws and diligent implementation in the West, the tobacco industry has turned its sights to sub-Saharan Africa
Tobacco giants Philip Morris and British American Tobacco have formed partnerships with scientific research subsidiaries and Formula 1 teams
Often, owners of struggling businesses agree gladly to being bought out
Cigarette consumption in Africa rose by 40% between 1990 and 2012
A probe into the tobacco industry can show how two companies have used their resources to influence SA state agencies to protect their interests.
Lower volumes do little to hurt British American Tobacco’s profits and the demand for its shares.
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The world’s biggest tobacco company have gone to court in order to prevent the Australian government from forcing them to sell in unbranded packets.
Difficult economic times are seeing employers negotiating a myriad of challenges, including demands for salary increases and better packages.
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British American Tobacco SA has launched a court challenge to anti-smoking legislation, the National Council Against Smoking said on Wednesday.
British American Tobacco (BAT) bought a majority stake in a top Indonesian cigarette firm on Wednesday.
Two masterminds of a series of hijackings of cigarette vehicles belonging to British American Tobacco were on Tuesday slapped with lengthy jail terms.
We might think we’re big in mining, synthetic fuels, cellphones or banking, but our biggest listed company on the JSE soon will be in tobacco.
The unbundling of British American Tobacco to shareholders — and its secondary listing on the JSE — has been heralded as "a fantastic deal".
Last month British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged British companies to stop investing in Zimbabwe, saying his government was preparing sanctions.
South African stocks were mixed in early afternoon trade on Wednesday due to volatility, but the feature of the morning session was a strong gain by synthetic fuel producer Sasol. At 12.25pm, the JSE’s broader all-share index was up 0,09%, with the industrial index up 0,88%, but resources were down 0,38%.
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Volatility in resource stocks, as well as in the mining indices, buried the JSE in the red at midday on Tuesday. At noon, the all-share index gave up 0,69%, led by a 1,69% pull back in the gold-mining index. Resources dipped 1,59% and the platinum-mining index was off 0,42%. Financials eased 0,27% and banks were unchanged (+0,01%), but industrials inched up 0,15%.
If it achieves nothing else, the visit by the South Korean President, Roh Moo-hyun, will at least make its mark on one of North Korea’s most spectacular and unusual tourist attractions. The International Friendship Exhibition Hall is a monument to the price that dignitaries pay when courting one of the world’s most reclusive nations.