British American Tobacco

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.

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.

The unbundling of British American Tobacco to shareholders -- and its secondary listing on the JSE -- has been heralded as "a fantastic deal".

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%.

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%.