Category :News This Week

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has donated US$25,000 to Thanh Nien News’ medical program to provide 650 cataract operations for underprivileged elderly people in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta of Vietnam, according to a Vietnam News story. Read More

Imperial Tobacco says that it has taken on 30 graduates – its biggest such intake to date –as part of a strategy to invest in its ‘talent pipeline’. ‘The newcomers on our 2012 Graduate Programme will gain experience Read More

Rafaelis Cigars, of Los Angeles, California, is offering to Donate $5 to the American Red Cross for every box of cigars it sells. The money will go towards aid for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Rafaelis Read More

Australia’s Greens have blasted theNew South Wales government for investing almost $30 million in the tobacco industry, according to an Australian Associated Press story. The Greens say the state should come clean on all of Read More

The Indian government has yet to approve a proposal recommended by the Tobacco Board under which flue-cured production would be phased out on 4,500 acres, according to a story in the Hindu. A board official was Read More

Imperial Tobacco’s Spanish employees have collected more than 4,500 kg of food to help alleviate hunger amongst the poor. The Altadis Foundation made an appeal for contributions for a third successive year to coincide with Read More

Lorillard’s president and CEO, Murray S. Kessler, and CFO, David H. Taylor, are due to participate in the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference inNew York,NY, from 14.10 hours to 14.45 hours Eastern Time Read More

Universal Corporation’s net income for the first half of fiscal year 2013, which ended on September 30, was $71.1 million, or $2.50 per diluted share: significantly higher than its net income during the first half of last year, $7.8 Read More

Alliance One International has reported net income for the second quarter ended September 30 at $18.4 million, or $0.21 per basic share, which compares with a net loss of $3.7 million, or $0.04 per basic share during the second quarter Read More