BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.0B
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
Mfr. of Cigarettes
Number of Employees 6,000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Tobacco and Tobacco Product Merchant Wholesalers: 424940
Recent Events
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Former Smoker Wins Case Against Philip Morris
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BUYINS.NET: Discovery Laboratories DSCO Daily Short Sale Trading Volume Through 11-17-09. Over 56 Million Shares...
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ATVI, FLEX, BRCM, DSCO, ONNN, AMLN With Highest Daily Short Volume On NASDAQ Tuesday
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The Bloom Is Off the Rose for Tobacco Claims
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BUYINS.NET: FITB, NVDA, YHOO, NWSA, DSCO, EBAY With Highest Daily Short Volume On NASDAQ Friday
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Altria to Expand Snus Test
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Kansas City-area residents sue Philip Morris USA
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Senate Passes Tobacco Measure
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Appeals court dismisses US government's 280-billion-dollar tobacco suit
- 2005-02-04
WASHINGTON AFP — An appeals court rejected a US government lawsuit seeking 280 billion dollars from the tobacco industry that alleged cigarette makers plotted to cover up the risks of smoking. The 2-1 decision by a panel found that the case, which sough to recover government health care costs,...
legal brief
- 2004-09-22
Trial seeks record damagesfrom tobacco companies Bloomberg News U.S. cigarette makers conspired for half a century to deceive the public about the risks of smoking, a Justice Department lawyer said, as trial began Tuesday in a case that could imperil the survival of the tobacco...
US government seeks 280 billion dollars from tobacco firms
- 2004-09-21
WASHINGTON AFP — The US government begins a major court battle to win 280 billion dollars that it says major tobacco companies earned from the public by covering up the dangers of smoking. The tobacco industry manipulated nicotine levels to increase addiction, targeted teens with multibillion-dollar campaigns, falsely claimed...
US government starts case to get 280 billion dollars from tobacco industry
- 2004-09-21
WASHINGTON AFP — The US tobacco industry faces its biggest legal fight yet as the government takes it to trial seeking 280 billion dollars for banding together to dupe the public about the dangers of smoking. If the government wins, analysts say, the tobacco industry could be forced into...
Federal Appeals Court Grants Immediate Review of Disgorgement Ruling in Government's Lawsuit against Cigarette Companies
- 2004-07-15
NEW YORK -- A federal appellate court today said it would consider now, as opposed to after trial, the question of whether the Department of Justice is legally entitled to seek disgorgement of alleged "ill-gotten gains" from Philip Morris USA and other major cigarette companies as part of the Department...
Statement of Philip Morris U.S.A
- 1995-07-13
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--July 13, 1995--Statement of Philip Morris U.S.A.:Philip Morris and tobacco industry critics agree on one thing, at least -- kids should not smoke.In fact, Philip Morris has already voluntarily undertaken a sweeping initiative to prevent minors' access to cigarettes. Our initiative, which we call Action Against Access,...
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