...companies - R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, British American Tobacco Ltd., Lorillard Tobacco Co., Liggett Group...the net worth of Altria, R.J. Reynolds, British American Tobacco and Lorillard owner Loews Corp. topped $45...

...operations here within two years, putting 2,100 local jobs in jeopardy. The tobacco giant's parent company, British American Tobacco, announced its merger plans with R.J. Reynolds on Monday, shocking local officials who had hoped the Macon...

...16.93 3/4 , and Loews, which owns Lorillard, was up $2.12' at $47.25. But the U.S. shares of British American Tobacco, which owns Brown & Williamson, were down 37' cents at $$9.87'. The Clinton administration called the...

...percent, to close at $42 a share while R.J. Reynolds climbed $1.68Ü, or 6 percent, to $30.31¨. British American Tobacco was up 31¨ cents at $17.68Ü on the American Stock Exchange.

...Most of the paper is bound for tobacco producers (the mill's two largest customers are Philip Morris Co. and British American Tobacco Co.), although some finds its way to food and pharmaceutical companies. Centennial completed International...

LONDON -- British American Tobacco PLC, the maker of Lucky Strike, Kent and other cigarettes...Parisienne. The merged company will continue under the name British American Tobacco PLC. "This merger represents a major step forward in the...

...A month after trimming 40 percent of its work force, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco on Monday agreed to merge with British American Tobacco PLC, the parent company of rival Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. Under the deal, a new publicly traded holding...

...company Nabisco Brands. RJR's international tobacco business is a distant third to Philip Morris Cos. and British-American Tobacco, and its earnings have fallen amid financial turmoil in its key Russian and Asian markets. It will be sold...

LONDON -- British American Tobacco PLC, the maker of Lucky Strike, Kent and other cigarettes...Parisienne. The merged company will continue under the name British American Tobacco PLC. "This merger represents a major step forward in the...