American manufacturer of tobacco products; historically issued trading cards
The N.C. Supreme Court has voted, 4-3, to overrule a state Appeals Court ruling in a court fight involving British American Tobacco and Reynolds American’s $29.25 billion takeover of Lorillard.…
Greensboro’s International Civil Rights Center and Museum officially introduces its new No. 2 executive, chief operating officer Bayard “Bay” Love, while interim chief executive officer John Swaine was named to…
After months in limbo, multiple media sources report Winston-Salem-based Reynolds American Inc. >will purchase Greensboro-based Lorillard Inc. But —as Richard reports in the Winston-Salem Journal— “the purchase details have several…
In addition to news that the latest edition of the Fortune 500 has added two North Carolina companies — Durham-based Quintiles and Greensboro-based Lorillard — an article about geographic shifts…
View in your browser. North Carolina municipalities and counties issue debt or bonds to pay for specific projects such as schools, jails, county or municipal buildings, libraries, water treatment plants,…
The report was issued on Saturday, January 11, 1964 to minimize the effect on the stock market and to maximize coverage in the Sunday papers. On Monday, January 13th, 1964,…
Lorillard Tobacco Co. is donating $1 million toward Greensboro’s proposed downtown performing arts center. The N&R runs an editorial praising Lorillard’s “million dollar step” to go along with the front-pager…
Three high-profile G’boro companies —-Lorillard, Lincoln Financial and VF pledge a total of $1 million toward the Downtown Greenway. Hey, it’s their money, although I wouldn’t necessarily assume the suits…
Mark Binker notes one of the more interesting pieces of today’s Senate Health Care Committee vote on a proposed smoking ban. A bill that could have a major impact on…
A new opinion from the N.C. Court of Appeals upholds an earlier Business Court ruling ordering arbitration in the dispute between state government and major tobacco companies. The state had…
The N&O’s Rob Christensen profiles U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan, saying that her voting record in the state Senate is within the Democratic mainstream: She voted in favor of providing…