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A Union For Everyone The current organizing campaign at Reynolds American has implications beyond Winston-Salem. Reynolds is controlled by British American Tobacco (BAT), one of the largest tobacco companies in the world. BAT is very familiar with unions. The Company has worked with them throughout the world, as almost all of
Read moreReynolds American Inc. (RAI) disclosed Monday that a congressional committee approved a $65 million tax refund, including interest. The Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation’s approval finalizes the Internal Revenue Service’s audit of Reynolds American’s tax returns for 1997 to 2000. According to Reynolds American, the refund will be recorded as an extraordinary gain in the
Read moreLane Limited (Lane), a manufacturer and marketer of specialty tobacco products and an operating subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI), has closed the sale of the assets related to its Dr. Grabow line of pipes and pipe filters, and Dill’s pipe cleaners, to International Pipes & Accessories LLC. The buyer has agreed to pay
Read moreTobacco companies, including Philip Morris USA and Reynolds American Inc., won an arbiter’s ruling that may allow them to reduce $1.2 billion in payments to states under a 1998 health care settlement. The Brattle Group, a consulting firm hired by the states and cigarette makers, ruled advertising restrictions imposed by the accord have been a
Read moreIgnoring warnings of lawsuits, two cigarette makers announced yesterday that they were withholding more than $750 million promised to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and dozens of other states this year under the 1998 tobacco-settlement agreement. With the deadline for the $6 billion total annual payment passing yesterday, the attorneys general of Pennsylvania and New Jersey said
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