| TOBACCO NEWS |
| Court Blocks N.Y. Tax on Tribal Cigarette Sales |
| NY Times - Wed, Sep 01 2010 |
| A state judge effectively expanded a federal order that stopped a new law from applying to two tribes. |
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| Greece: Tougher Smoking Ban Takes Effect Wednesday |
| NY Times - Tue, Aug 31 2010 |
| The ban outlaws lighting up in all public indoor areas and prohibits most tobacco advertising. But how effective it will be is an open question. |
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| N.Y. to Try Again to Tax Indians’ Cigarette Sales |
| NY Times - Tue, Aug 31 2010 |
| The state tried 13 years ago to collect taxes on cigarette sales on reservations but backed down. Its new effort takes effect on Wednesday. |
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| Foundation and MTV Hope Campaign Is ‘Dead On’ With Youths |
| NY Times - Mon, Aug 30 2010 |
| The American Legacy Foundation and MTV team up to present an anti-smoking campaign aimed at youths and utilizing zombies. Yes, zombies. |
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| The Last Smokers in New York City |
| NY Times - Fri, Aug 27 2010 |
| They cluster on the sidewalks below their offices, cigarettes in hand, and know all the warnings. Some of them say they are going to quit. Really. |
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| Smoking Scenes on the Decline in Movies |
| NY Times - Fri, Aug 20 2010 |
| The number of movie scenes showing smoking fell recently, but more than half of all PG-13 rated films still showed smoking. |
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| Borders Loss Widens; Sales Continue to Slump |
| Topix - Wed, Sep 01 2010 |
| Borders Group Inc.'s continued to struggle as its fiscal second-quarter loss widened and customer traffic and sales continued their sharp decline while margins kept falling. |
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| 3 Stocks With 'Net Payouts' of 8% |
| Topix - Wed, Sep 01 2010 |
| The company didn't actually return any of its profit to its stockholders. Rather, investors simply chased Amazon 's share price higher. |
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| Need a Raise? Buy These 3 Stocks |
| Topix - Tue, Aug 31 2010 |
| Home prices are dropping like a stone . New-car sales are falling off a cliff . The stock market churns and churns. |
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| Is Philip Morris a Buffett Stock? |
| Topix - Tue, Aug 31 2010 |
| Warren Buffett attracts a lot of attention. As the world's third-richest person and most celebrated investor, thousands try to glean what they can from his thinking processes and track his investments. |
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| Altria Increases Quarterly Dividend by 8.6% |
| Topix - Tue, Aug 31 2010 |
| RICHMOND, Va.-Altria Group, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors voted to increase the company's regular quarterly dividend by 8.6% to $0.38 per common share versus the previous rate of $0.35 per common share. |
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| How Regulations Grow |
| Topix - Mon, Aug 30 2010 |
| The WSJ today runs a story on cigarette rolling machines that illustrates how the regulatory state can count on private enterprise to lobby for ratcheting up regulations. |
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