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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Illinois Supreme Court Ruling Does Not Absolve Philip Morris And Shows Need for Congress to Curb Tobacco Industry's Deceptive Practices; Statement of William V. Corr Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
- 2005-12-15
WASHINGTON -- Basing its ruling on state law, a divided Illinois Supreme Court today overturned a lower court verdict ordering Philip Morris to pay $10.1 billion in damages for defrauding consumers by marketing "light" cigarettes as less hazardous. While disappointing, this ruling does not absolve Philip Morris of the deceptive...
Cigarette marketing reaches new high.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
- 2005-10-01
According to a report issued by the Federal Trade Commission in August, tobacco companies have more than doubled their cigarette marketing campaigns, although the amount of cigarettes being sold has declined. The Financial Times reported that the FTC report said tobacco companies...
Strength in numbers?: R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson pull trigger on merger.(Special Report)(Company Profile)
- 2003-12-01
On Oct. 27, the cigarette world got a little smaller when R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, N.C., and rival Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Louisville, Ky., announced that they would unite their United States operations in a $2.6 billion deal which many said is aimed at...
Philip Morris puts warnings in cigarette packs. (Marketing Strategies: Industry News).(Brief Article)
- 2003-01-01
New York-based Philip Morris Companies Inc. has announced that it will include inserts in packs of its medium and light cigarettes that inform consumers about the hazards of smoking. In November, Reuters reported that a Philip Morris company spokespe New York-based Philip Morris Companies Inc. has...
Philip Morris Executives Address Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Global Consumer Conference
- 2000-11-08
Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 8, 2000 Philip Morris Companies Inc. (NYSE: MO) executives Louis C. Camilleri, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Philip Morris Companies Inc., and Michael E. Szymanczyk, president and chief executive officer of Philip Morris U.S.A., told a group of about 200...
Philip Morris Sued for Consumer Fraud, Marketing `Light' Cigarettes with Health Claims; Suit Claims Industry Documents Show Deliberate Consumer Deception
- 1999-05-13
PHOENIX--BUSINESS WIRE--May 13, 1999--
Brooke Group Announces Closing for Liggett/Philip Morris Brand Transaction Scheduled for June 10, 1999
- 1999-03-22
MIAMI--BUSINESS WIRE--March 22, 1999--Brooke Group Ltd. (NYSE: BGL) today announced that Philip Morris has exercised an option to buy three of Brooke's subsidiary Liggett Group's cigarette brands, L&M, Chesterfield and Lark. Upon closing, which has been scheduled for June 10, 1999, Liggett will receive approximately $145 million. Brooke Group...
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