When Daniel Morris, an employee at the Oregon Department of Health, first saw the numbers, he was sure that something was wrong.Looking at tobacco production figures for April 2009, he noticed that p

For the tobacco industry, there’s a lot of money to be made by getting people hooked on cigarettes and keeping them as customers for life. But smoking cessation products are increasingly sendin

The days of soaring stock prices and luxury flights have passed for airlines around the globe, but the new reality of cost-cutting and consolidation could keep the major legacy carriers from being pe

Stocks surged, sending the S&P 500 up for a sixth straight session and propelling the Dow to a 13 month high, after a G-20 host became the market’s Darling for a day. Equities and ironies e

Reynolds' Shift in Strategy?Reynolds American (RAI) is in advanced negotiations to take over Niconovum, a Swedish maker of nicotine-replacement products that helps people quit smoking.According to th

One the most remarkable things to me is how the American people have been sold on accepting, even preferring, inflation over deflation. It is truly amazing that government and central banking bureauc

How is the Marlboro Man faring during these tough times? We’ll find out on Wednesday. Tobacco giant Altria (MO) is scheduled to report third-quarter results on Wednesday morning. The Richmond,

Last year, Tom Forester distinguished himself from his rivals. The fund he managed -- Forester Value Fund (FVALX) -- was the only diversified equity fund to stay in the black even as the ma

Two factors combined to create the Golden Age of Advertising: The post-World War II boom and TV’s invasion of the nation’s living rooms. Both now seem as distant as the Peloponnesian War

While the current strain of swine flu is relatively benign, we're also in the dog days of summer where nuisances like allergies and sunburn take precedence. A good percentage of mild swine flu cases