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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BUYINS.NET: REGN, EGLE, VG, SSS, DSCO, SRDX Expected To Be Lower After Earnings Releases on...
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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,...
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...
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...
Major Health Organizations Differ on Numbers of People Secondhand Smoke Kills.
- 2002-10-18
By Darrin Stineman, The Salina Journal, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 18--Every major health organization in America believes secondhand smoke kills people. The question is, how many? A 1992 Environmental Protection Agency report indicated 62,000 Americans...
Westvaco makes announcement
- 1995-06-20
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--June 20, 1995--Jack A. Hammond, a Senior Vice President of Westvaco Corporation and Manager of the company's Bleached Board Division, today issued the statement noted below. Westvaco is a major manufacturer of paper, packaging and chemicals.Philip Morris U.S.A. should be commended for decisive action to resolve taste...
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