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NEWS ABOUT: Phillip Morris

Phillip Morris stories: 4 news summaries
MARKETs

 Home Sales Send Dow 
 Over 9,000 


Jul 23, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(AP) - The Dow Jones industrials are back above 9,000 today for the first time since the beginning of January. A report of a jump in home sales eased investors' worries about one of the economy's biggest trouble spots. They responded by buying stocks across the market, lifting the major indexes... More »

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stock market • housing market • Dow Jones • Hershey • home sales • Phillip Morris • Wyeth • Ford Motor Co.

Big Tobacco Suffers Big Setbacks in DC

Despite massive lobbying, regulation looks likely to pass

Apr 14, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - After years of winning its fights in Washington, Big Tobacco is steeling itself for a major defeat: Not only did Congress pass an excise tax hike of 62 cents a pack of cigarettes, which went into effect this week, but the House voted overwhelmingly to submit the industry to FDA... More »

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FDA • North Carolina • Virginia • Phillip Morris • Altria • tobacco companies • cigarette tax • Big Tobacco

Gillibrand Spent Years Defending Big Tobacco

As a young lawyer,
NY senator worked
for Phillip Morris

Mar 27, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kirsten Gillibrand, Hillary Clinton’s Senate successor, spent years as a Phillip Morris lawyer involved in some of its most sensitive cases in the 1990s, the New York Times reports. As a junior lawyer, Gillibrand helped fend off a federal perjury investigation against the tobacco giant, fighting off prosecution... More »

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New York • tobacco • Phillip Morris • Kirsten Gillibrand

FDA to Regulate Cigarettes

Congress set to pass law to give feds power over toxic ingredients

Jul 26, 07 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress is set to pass a law today that will give the federal FDA the same power over tobacco it has over drugs and medical devices. Identical bills in both houses, hailed by the American Lung Association as a "win for public health," would allow the government to... More »

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FDA • cigarettes • tobacco • Phillip Morris • American Lung Association • medical devices • tar • nicotine • American Medical Association

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