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Proposed broader smoking ban draws comments
The McComb Board of Selectmen has heard from local residents on a proposal to broaden the city's no smoking ordinance. The Enterprise-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/14T3pWx) that the board took no action after this week's hearing. Cindy Estes with the Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition told the board that the present local ordinance ...
Marlboro maker Altria to jump into e-cigarettes
The Marlboro Man may soon be hitching his wagon to a new kind of cigarette. Altria Group Inc., owner of the nation's biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, announced Thursday that its NuMark subsidiary plans to introduce an electronic cigarette during the second half of the year, making it the ...
Under criticism, GOP puts off its health care bill
An effort by House Republicans to highlight problems with President Barack Obama's health care law by bailing out a program for people with pre-existing medical conditions appeared to backfire Wednesday. GOP leaders postponed a scheduled vote after the measure met strong opposition from two directions: from conservative groups resistant to ...
Air Products
1stQtr YearAgo Revenue $2,480,000 $2,340,000 Net Inco $290,400 $296,000 Per Share $1.38 $1.38 AK Steel Holding Corp 1stQtr YearAgo Revenue $1,370,000 $1,510,000 Net Loss $9,900 d$11,800 Per Share d$0.07 d$0.11 Amgen Inc 1stQtr YearAgo Revenue $4,240,000 $4,048,000 Net Inco $1,430,000 $1,180,000 Per Share $1.88 $1.48 Apple Inc 1stQtr YearAgo Revenue ...
Air Products
1stQtr YearAgo Revenue $2,480,000 $2,340,000 Net Inco $290,400 $296,000 Per Share $1.38 $1.38 AK Steel Holding Corp 1stQtr YearAgo Revenue $1,370,000 $1,510,000 Net Loss $9,900 d$11,800 Per Share d$0.07 d$0.11 Brinker International 3rdQtr YearAgo Revenue $742,800 $742,000 Net Inco $52,000 $44,900 Per Share $0.71 $0.56 Centene Corp 1stQtr YearAgo Revenue ...
Cigarette maker Lorillard 1Q profit jumps 47 pct
Lorillard's first-quarter profit jumped 47 percent as higher prices, electronic cigarette sales and lower legal expenses from a longstanding legal settlement offset a decline in traditional cigarette sales. The nation's third-biggest tobacco company on Wednesday reported earnings of $328 million, or 86 cents per share, for the period ended March ...
Reynolds American 1Q profit jumps 88 pct
Reynolds American Inc. said Tuesday that its first-quarter net income jumped 88 percent as higher prices and lower expenses from a longstanding legal settlement offset a decline in cigarette sales. The nation's second-biggest tobacco company earned $508 million, or 92 cents per share, for the quarter ended March 31, up ...
Cigarette tax hike rejected by House tax committee
A proposal to raise Louisiana's cigarette tax was rejected by lawmakers on the House tax committee Tuesday, a vote that appeared likely to end efforts to boost the tax this legislative session. Though a cigarette tax increase enjoys widespread support in statewide polls, strong lobbying efforts against the tax hike, ...
NYC proposes raising age for cigarette purchases
After years of striving to set a national agenda for curbing smoking, New York City may set a new bar by becoming the most populous place in America to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes to 21. A new proposal would increase the threshold from 18, a federal minimum ...
NYC proposes raising age for cigarette purchases
No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in the city under a proposal unveiled Monday to make it the most populous place in America to set the minimum age that high. Extending a decade of moves to crack down on smoking in the nation's largest city, the ...
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