Marlboro

Philip Morris, Altria In Merger Talks As Marlboro Fades And E-Cigs Light Up

Marlboro maker Philip Morris International Inc has said it is in talks to reunite in a merger with Altria Group Inc following its 2008 spin-off, as the tob...

Altria Confirms Purchase Of Minority Stake In E-Cigarette Company Juul

Marlboro cigarette maker Altria Group Inc has confirmed that it is to buy a 35% stake in Juul Labs Inc for $12.8 billion, a marriage between an old-line to...

Philip Morris Quarterly Results Top Estimates

Philip Morris International, maker of Marlboro cigarettes among others, has reported higher than expected quarterly sales and profit, helped by its IQOS to...

Marlboro Named Biggest-Selling Brand In Dutch Market

Tobacco brand Marlboro has been named the biggest-selling brand in the Dutch supermarket sector, with total sales of €455.5 million last year, well ah...

Altria Profits From Higher Prices Even As Smoking Rates Drop

For Altria Group Inc., more expensive cigarettes have proven key to maintaining growth as tobacco volumes decline. The tobacco giant, which sells Marlbo...

Global War On Smoking Fired Up By U.S. Proposal To Cut Nicotine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to strip cigarettes of their addictive properties has opened a new front in the international campai...

In Marlboro Country, A Big-Money Race For The New Smoke

You want a trip to Philip Morris International Inc. to feel like a visit to Marlboro Country. But the company’s Swiss research center, aka the Cube,...

Philip Morris’s Cigarette Alternative Could Reach U.S. In 2017

Philip Morris International Inc.’s iQOS tobacco product, an electronic alternative to cigarettes that has taken years and billions of dollars to deve...

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