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• Philip Morris USA Takes Action Against Internet-Based Cigarette Vendors

  - 2008-03-05

  Federal Trade Complaint Aims to Stop Trademark Infringement and Illegal Importation of Cigarettes

  Tags: cigarette, Internet, Philip Morris USA

• Philip Morris USA Files Suits Against Internet-Based Cigarette Vendors

  - 2007-09-18

  Lawsuits Aim to Stop Trademark Infringement and Illegal Importation of Cigarettes

  Tags: Internet, Philip Morris USA

• Altadis in talks with Philip Morris on bid for Imperial

  - 2007-03-16

  MADRID AFP — The French-Spanish tobacco company Altadis has decided to open talks with Philip Morris, the world's leading cigarette maker, that could lead to a bid for Imperial Tobacco of Britain, a press report said here Friday. Altadis declined to comment on the report, which appeared on the...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, INTERNET, Philip Morris USA

• Philip Morris USA Joins 37 State Attorneys General to Establish Protocols Aimed at Reducing Illegal Internet and Other Remote Cigarette Sales

  - 2006-01-26

  RICHMOND, Va. -- Philip Morris USA PM USA (NYSE:MO) has joined with 37 state attorneys general to establish protocols aimed at combating illegal sales of the company's cigarettes over the Internet or by mail, telephone or fax. The protocols are established for responding to state-provided information related to illegal remote...

  Tags: cigarette, Internet, Philip Morris USA

• Illinois collects $500,000 in Internet cigarette taxes.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-10-01

  Beginning in August, smokers who picked up a pack of cigarettes manufactured by Richmond, Va.-based Philip Morris received additional health information along with the usual Surgeon General's warnings. As reported by the Charlotte (N.C.) Obser Beginning in August, smokers...

  Tags: Philip Morris USA, cigarette, Internet, tax

• Philip Morris sues Internet vendors. (Top of the News).

  - 2002-11-01

  On Sept. 23, New York-based Philip Morris U.S.A. filed eight lawsuits in federal court against certain companies and individuals engaged in the illegal and unauthorized sale and promotion of the company's cigarettes over the Internet. The lawsuits ai On Sept. 23, New York-based Philip Morris U.S.A....

  Tags: cigarette, company, Internet, lawsuit, Philip Morris USA, U.S.A.

• Philip Morris Cracks Down on Illegal Internet Cigarette Sales.

  - 2002-09-24

  By John Reid Blackwell, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By John Reid Blackwell, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• Late News.(multiple news briefs)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-09-23

  Wider Toyota role in ABC's 'Push, Nevada' [Torrance, Calif.] Toyota Motor Sales USA is expanding the Toyota division's exclusive auto sponsorship of the new ``Push, Nevada'' prime-time series on Walt Disney Co.'s ABC. Starting this week, every vehicle depicted in the show will be...

  Tags: ABC Inc., advertisement, INTERNET, Kraft, MSN, Philip Morris USA, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Top 100[R]: the big grow bigger as global holdings shuffle.(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2002-07-01

  Food is an undisputed universal, and it seems that the food business is also becoming universal -- or at least global. Though it's not quite a unified planet in many terms, the food industry has transcended international boundaries in the last two years, and many of...

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• Las grandes corporaciones compran su acceso a la Casa Blanca.(fondos corporativos para campañas políticas; Estados Unidos)(TT: Big corporation buy their way into the White House.)(TA: corporate funds for political campaign; United States)

  - 2000-02-27

  Microsoft, Philip Morris, Citibank, AT&T, NASA Washington, DC.- Los próximos cuatro años podrían ser muy provechosos para el banco nacional MBNA. Después de todo, esta institución. con sede en Delaware, ha contribuido con 208 mil 150 dólares a la campaña del gobernador de Texas,...

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