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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Ira Stoll submits: The Am Law Litigation Daily has an interview with the lawyer who won a $300 million verdict against Philip Morris ( PM ) USA on behalf of an emphysema victim. The story indicates that the pivotal factor in the size of the verdict was less how much the smoker had suffered and more how much money Philip Morris makes: The company, he said, claimed that it was worth only $1.7 billion....
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- J.P. Morgan Global Equity Research on Wednesday upgraded shares of Reynolds American to neutral from underweight and raised the stock's price target to $57 a share from $47 a share. Analysts said they were impressed with Reynolds' third quarter results. They also cited Pall Mall's volume momentum and enhanced cigarette profitability. J.P. Morgan also upped its 2010 price...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- J.P. Morgan Global Equity Research on Wednesday upgraded shares of UST Inc. to neutral and raised the stock's price target to $57 a share from $47 a share. Analysts said they were impressed with Reynolds' third quarter results. They also cited Pall Mall's volume momentum and enhanced cigarette profitability. J.P. Morgan also upped its 2010 price targets for Altria to $21...
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Jim Cramer's Mad Money (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Stock Picks for Monday November 16 2009. These are all of Jim Cramer’s stock picks that are a Buy! I bold my picks. Buy: Duff & Phelps (DUF) McDonald’s (MCD) Merck (MRK) Kimberly-Clark (KMB) Procter & Gamble (PG) Altria (MO) Kinder Morgan (KMP) Consolidated Edison (ED) Caterpillar (CAT) Emerson Electric (EMR) 3M (MMM) Aracruz Celulose (ARA) New Alliance...
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CPFL Energia,
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Emerson Electric,
Exploration and Equipment,
Industrial Suppliers and Services,
Kimberly-Clark,
Kinder Morgan,
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners,
Merck,
Paper,
Procter & Gamble
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The Sample Gates (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The US economy is falling apart, global and domestic confidence in the US dollar is at a record low, and the value of our currency is plummeting. If the US economy was a company, what would we do? We’d do what tobacco giant Philip Morris did when it became Altria: Rebrand. That’s exactly what Richard Smith [...]
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Fool.com (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Reynolds American may purchase a quit-smoking company.
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Eddy Elfenbein submits: Tobacco companies are hated by the public but the stocks are very tempting financially. Over the weekend, Barron’s looked at Altria ( MO ): At around 18.50, Altria has one of the lowest price/earnings ratios in the global cigarette industry. It also has one of the highest dividend yields: 7.3%. The stock trades for 10.6 times projected 2009 profits of $1.77 a share and...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
The Mole submits: Markets seemed a little confused on Friday following the release of the October non-farm payrolls report. And that’s not surprising, as the report had something for everyone to latch onto to support their respective bullish or bearish views. Most neutral of all was the headline outcome – the 190k decline in non-farm payrolls was little different to market expectations....
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Morgan Stanley,
Morgan Stanley,
RadioShack,
Retail,
Tobacco products,
Unemployment
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La Vida Locavore - Front Page (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
In the past, I posted a list of the top spenders on lobbying for the first quarter of 2009 . Here's a list of the top spenders for the third quarter of 2009. You'll notice that the Chamber of Commerce has really stepped up their spending. As with the last time I posted a list of top spenders on lobbying, this list is imprecise. That is because each of these organizations may have also spent additional...
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Drug Manufacturers,
Electric Power,
Energy and Water,
Entertainment,
Exxon Mobil,
General Dynamics Corporation,
General Electric,
Health-Fitness,
Health Insurance,
Lockheed Martin Corporation,
Marathon Oil,
Media,
Music,
Northrop Grumman Corporation,
Pacific Gas and Electric,
Petroleum,
Pfizer Inc.,
Rock and Pop,
Southern,
Telecommunication Companies,
Tobacco products,
Verizon Communications,
Wireless
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Jim Cramer's Mad Money (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Stock Picks for Tuesday November 3 2009. These are all of Jim Cramer’s stock picks that are a Buy! I bold my picks. Buy: Walgreens (WAG) CVS Caremark (CVS) Becton Dickinson (BDX) Cypress Semiconductor (CY) Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) Hartford Financial Services (HIG) China Unicom (CHU) Apple (AAPL) Windstream (WIN) Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) Altria (MO) Celgene...
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Biotechnologies,
Celgene Corporation,
China Unicom,
Computer industry,
CVS,
Cypress Semiconductor,
General Mills,
Health Industries,
Medical Products and Supplies,
Semi-Conductors,
Telecommunication Companies,
Tobacco products,
WellPoint Inc.
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The Street (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Cramer says the dividend is like money in the bank.
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The Stockmasters (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE:MO) beat the Street by one Penny last week and despite a solid guidance with products that American's have grown to love over the years shares are stuck at $18. Tack on Altria's 28.7% stake in the world's largest brewing company SABMiller and you got yourself a tough guy that is just waiting for the right time to smoke the competition. read more
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Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Altria, parent company of the nation's largest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, offers menthol ve...
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