Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes far less addictive by capping their ...

Dec 19 - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld a $95.2 million jury verdict for tobacco giant Altria (MO.N), opens new tab in a patent dispute with rival R.J. Reynolds over e-cigarette technology.

Altria retained its North American operations while Philip Morris International ended up with the business outside of North America. The end result was to create a business that was being operated ...

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld a $95.2 million jury verdict for tobacco giant Altria in a patent dispute with rival R.J. Reynolds [RIC:RIC:RAITH.UL] over e-cigarette technology.

This simple fact is why Altria and British American Tobacco have such high dividend yields. Unless you are willing to take on the very real risk of owning a business facing secular decline ...

but my analysis concluded that Altria was firmly leading the pack. Firstly, I wanted to know if Philip Morris Intl (PM) or British American Tobacco (BTI) potentially offered better value ...