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,...
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...
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