Tobacco
Imperial Tobacco Group to list European logistics business Logista on Spanish stock market
11 Jun 2014
RJ Reynolds mulls stake in $20-bn rival Lorillard Inc: Report
04 Mar 2014
US tobacco giant RJ Reynolds, which is 42-per cent owned by the UK's British American Tobacco, is weighing a bid for rival Lorillard Inc, which has a market cap of nearly $20 billion.
US Pharmacy chain CVS to stop cigarette sales at its 7,600 stores
06 Feb 2014
Ending sales of tobacco products will cost CVS Caremark, the second largest US drugstore chain, $2 billion annually
BAT launches e-cigarette, eyes larger market
31 Jul 2013
Australians approve government ‘no-smoke’ drive
31 May 2013
Australia may be hit with the third WTO suit over tobacco packaging
15 Jun 2012
The Australian government says the action is designed to try to intimidate it to relent in its efforts to protect public health
Point-of-sale advertising major cause of teen smoking, study shows
By By Rosanne Spector, department of medicine, Stanford | 21 Jul 2010
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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