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10Q Detective (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
A new study of previously confidential tobacco industry documents concluded that a Philip Morris (PM-$44.12) scientist, Roger Walk, established close connections with a WHO Collaborating Center in Thailand, called the Chulabhorn Research Institute, and leveraged these relationships to help advance the interests of the cigarette maker in the country and across Asia. Although the purveyor...
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Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Coming Soon's Ed Douglas informs there will be "some combination press/public screenings for some of the bigger movies at Sundance this year. RIght now I know that Adventureland, Brookyn's Finest and I Love You Philip Morris are three of the films being handled this way. Probably Spread as well. Plus there's a sneak preview scheduled for Wednesday, 1.21. "There are currently no separate...
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greg.org: the making of (Free subscription) | yesterday
... with the appropriation--rephotography in this case--and if he hadn't assigned his copyright to Philip Morris, Krantz would probably be able to get a settlement from Prince, just like the rephotographed Brooke Shields photographer Garry Gross did. Reading Cariou's complaint, you'd almost think Prince was simply re-presenting Cariou's images as his own. In fact, Prince's process and...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating actions on the Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) and outstanding debt ratings of Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) (NYSE: MO), Philip Morris Capital Corp.
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Madison County Record (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Tillery Stephen Tillery of St. Louis seeks to restore a $10 billion class action verdict against tobacco company Philip Morris USA, claiming a new U. S. Supreme Court decision proves that the Illinois Supreme Court shouldn't have reversed the verdict. Tillery petitioned on Dec. 18 to vacate an order of Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron, dismissing the case at the direction...
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Looking Around (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
... gave serious attention to Tooker was as part of a three-artist show almost 20 years ago at its old Philip Morris outpost. The Academy brings artists like him back into living memory, and if it goes, so does its mission, even if its collection survives here and there at other institutions.
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Reading Tea Leaves by Randy Wilson (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
Philip Morris International isn’t very happy about the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention for Tobacco Control. But in their 2nd quarter 10-Q, SEC filing they pretend they are; saying that they are in agreement with much of the Framework’s regulatory goals but, “the extreme applications” of the treaty provisions ”may adversely affect our business, volume…cash flows [...]
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
... he held internal audit management positions with the New York-based international audit group of Philip Morris Management Inc.; and worked in external auditing with Ernst & Young, LLP in the southwestern U.S. Ibarra is a CPA and holds an undergraduate degree in accounting and an MBA in international trade from Texas A&M International University. He resides in New Albany with his family.Growth...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
... includes: road racer Boris Said; Joe Gibbs Racing phenom ; NASCAR Whelen racing series champions Philip Morris, Brian Loftin, and ; Daytona Rolex pole winner Eric Curran; 19-year-old sprint car driver Tom Tolbert; NHRA Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.; and top fuel drivers Morgan Lucas, JR Todd, and Bob Vandergriff. Earnhardt's No. 88, which is sponsored by the Army National Guard,...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
... road racer Boris Said; Joe Gibbs Racing phenom Joey Logano; NASCAR Whelen racing series champions Philip Morris, Brian Loftin, and Ted Christopher; Daytona Rolex pole winner Eric Curran; 19-year-old sprint car driver Tom Tolbert; NHRA Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.; and top fuel drivers Morgan Lucas, JR Todd, and Bob Vandergriff.Earnhardt's No. 88, which is sponsored by the Army...
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Constant Conservative (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
... such accounts as the pharmaceutical company Amgen Inc. and cigarette makers Lorillard Tobacco and Philip Morris Cos. in 1999. I didn’t know the “tobacco lobby” was a health-related industry, except for maybe causing “poor health” among its clientele. Oddly enough, Mrs. Daschle has her bases covered: Amgen Inc. manufactures drugs to battle cancer. Despite these conflicts of interest,...
