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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.…
And this would be an example: Camel maker Reynolds snuffs out workplace smoking. Wow.
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…
The House voted in favor of, the Senate approved and the governor signed the Omnibus Tax Law Changes bill into law yesterday which includes a tax on a new product –…
Winston-Salem Journal reports: A Forsyth County District Court judge has approved a temporary no-contact order against a small electronic-cigarette retailer to stop him from harassing the law firm representing a…
Just as Gov. Perdue signs a state smoking ban that will help drive the tobacco industry out of North Carolina, U.S. Sens. Burr and Hagan are opposing efforts to regulate…
In a long lead editorial in yesterday’s paper, the Winston-Salem Journal endorses FDA regulation of tobacco, reasoning that the “government has the right, and the duty, to protect its citizens…
RJR will vacate the historic Reynolds Building. Reynolds is consolidating its downtown employees, both Reynolds American and the subsidiary, into the neighboring Plaza Building, spokeswoman Maura Payne said. The company…
This example does not require an incentive. We learn in the news that Reynolds American Inc. is laying off 570 workers in a corporate restructuring. While that’s bad news for…
I’ll echo the opinion of commenter J. Knight: Wow, finally a Winston-Salem Journal editorial I agree with. The Journal editorialists, who normally believe government should do everything it can to…