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• Star Scientific: Short Base Low, Utilization High

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-06-14

  Jessica Johnson submits: The tobacco-control movement celebrated another milestone yesterday as the U.S. Senate easily passed a bill giving the government unprecedented power over the making and marketing of tobacco products. Star Scientific Inc. STSI is an interesting stock within the Tobacco sector, as they specialize in tobacco...

  Tags: US Market, Retail, Data Explorers, Star Scientific Inc.

• Star Scientific: Emerging Juggernaut on Tobacco Road

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-02-24

  Star Scientific, Inc. STSI is a small tobacco technology company that is best known for its multi-year pursuit of patent royalties from RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR, subsidiary of [[RAI]]) for infringing on its StarCured low-carcinogen tobacco curing process. Originally filed in 2001, the case...

  Tags: Retail, David McClary, Reynolds American Inc., Star Scientific Inc.

• Eleven Investments in Vice and Virtue

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-11

  Chris Gottschalk submits: Ladies and gentlemen, let me assure you that the sin trade is doing pretty well these days. If you're willing to stop listening to the niggling objections your conscience might raise, you can manage to turn a pretty nice profit. Your Profits Go Up in Smoke by...

  Tags: Retail, American Apparel Inc., Anheuser-Busch, Hasbro Inc., Altria Group Inc., Reynolds American Inc., Red Hat Inc., Boston Beer Co. Inc., Star Scientific Inc., Molson Coors Brewing Co., UST Inc.

• Tobacco Stocks Smoking the Overall Market

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-07

  Mike Havrilla submits: Global Tobacco Index: Smokin' Performance click to enlarge by Mike Havrilla

  Tags: Retail, Altria Group Inc., Star Scientific Inc., UST Inc.

• Best Performing Stocks Year to Date

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-07

  Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Below we highlight the 25 best performing stocks in the Russell 3,000 year to date.  While energy-related names led the way for much of the first half of the year, the top three spots are now made up of two consumer stocks and...

  Tags: US Market, Finish Line Inc., Fuel Systems Solutions Inc., Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc., Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc., Star Scientific Inc.

• Star Scientific, Inc. To Appeal Decision by U.S. District Court Dismissing Its Challenge to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement

  - 2001-03-27

  Business Editors CHESTER, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 27, 2001 Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: STSI) announced today that it will appeal the decision issued yesterday by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissing the complaint filed by Star Scientific on December 15, 2000, challenging the Tobacco...

  Tags: agreement, Company, settlement, Star Scientific Inc., tobacco, U.S. District Court

• Star Scientific, Inc. Approved for Listing On the Nasdaq National Market

  - 2000-03-21

  Business Editors CHESTER, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 21, 2000 The management of Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: STSI), and its wholly owned subsidiary, Star Tobacco & Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that today its shares of common stock will begin trading on the Nasdaq National Market under the ticker symbol "STSI". The...

  Tags: Company, Dr., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Star Scientific Inc., tobacco

• Small Farmers Stand Against Big Tobacco's Settlement.

  - 1999-04-25

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 26 -- Malcolm "Mac" Bailey stands as a proud symbol of America's stake in tobacco. The 55-year-old central Virginia native is a fourth-generation grower and his son, Steven, 28, serves under him as vice president of ...

  Tags: Farmers, Star Scientific Inc.