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BAT/Rothmans Takeovers can seriously improve your (financial) health. Monday's deal is a coup for both BAT and Rothmans. Rothmans, the smaller, no longer risks slipping down the league of international [...]

BAT and Rothmans International believe that merging will enable them 'to jointly fulfil our vision of becoming the world's leading international tobacco group,' says Martin Broughton, BAT chairman. That vision [...]

SYDNEY -- British American Tobacco yesterday launched an agreed ADollars 17.75 a share takeover offer for the 40.5 per cent stake in its listed Australasian subsidiary held by minority shareholders. [...]

The government yesterday launched an investigation into allegations that British American Tobacco has been involved in cigarette smuggling. Stephen Byers, trade and industry secretary, said he was responding to the [...]

An investigation into allegations that British American Tobacco has been involved in cigarette smuggling was launched by the Department of Trade and Industry yesterday. Stephen Byers, trade and industry secretary, [...]

British American Tobacco warned yesterday that it might be forced to shut its Darlington and Southampton factories, with the loss of 1,800 jobs, if the government enacted a draft European [...]

British American Tobacco yesterday shrugged aside its problems in the litigious US cigarette market to report a 55 per cent rise in first-half operating profits before exceptional charges and goodwill [...]

Three executive directors of British American Tobacco have been given pay rises of between 33 and 96 per cent despite a drop in the share price of almost a half [...]

British American Tobacco yesterday secured agreement to take over Imasco, the Canadian conglomerate that owns the country's largest tobacco company, by raising its bid by CDollars 400m to CDollars 10.7bn [...]

British American Tobacco yesterday agreed to take over Rothmans International in a Pounds 5.28bn deal that will take the combined group close behind Philip Morris, market leader in the international [...]

Do you know your soprano pipistrelle from your Natterer's? Christopher Somerville gets a bat education in the Sussex night Bats get a bad press. People find them ugly, creepy, scary. [...]

tobacco BAT said yesterday that early signs of growth in emerging markets were slowing the rate of underlying sales decline at the group. Reporting first-half results, Paul Adams, chief executive, [...]

The anonymous intelligence analysts who staff the headquarters of the US National Counterterrorism Center in northern Virginia call it 'the Bat Cave'. The nickname, borrowed from the Batman cartoon, is [...]

BAT executive takes top position at miner Struggle to win over Chinalco deal critics Rio Tinto yesterday turned to a relative newcomer to the mining industry to become its chairman [...]

BAT executive takes top position at miner Struggle to win over Chinalco deal critics Rio Tinto yesterday turned to a relative newcomer to the mining industry to become its chairman [...]

tobacco British American Tobacco yesterday demonstrated its merits as a defensive stock as it delivered solid first-half results and raised its interim dividend by 19 per cent. BAT, the owner [...]

After five years of watching its competitors consolidate, British American Tobacco has come off the sidelines to do two deals in six days. BAT will spend a total of about [...]

British American Tobacco is in advanced negotiations with Scandinavian Tobacco to acquire its cigarette brands in a deal which could be valued at up to Dollars 4bn. BAT, which owns [...]

Despite what many observers had believed would emerge as a three-way bid between BAT, Imperial Tobacco and Philip Morris International, BAT submitted the only offer for a package including plants [...]

Tobacco British American Tobacco blamed illicit trade, a declining market for cigarettes in the western world and devastating floods in Pakistan for a higher-than-expected fall in organic sales volumes in [...]

Tobacco Paul Adams will retire next year after seven years as chief executive of British American Tobacco and will be succeeded by Nicandro Durante, the chief operating officer. 'This is [...]

If smoking were allowed in public places the board of British American Tobacco might have lit up after the annual meeting voted in new chairman Richard Burrows yesterday. Relief was [...]

tobacco Raising prices in spite of the recession buoyed profits at British American Tobacco, which makes Dunhill, Kent and Lucky Strike cigarettes. Revenue for the year to December 31 rose [...]

Paul Adams, chief executive of British American Tobacco, said the cigarette-maker was burdened by too many brands. The chief executive said BAT would reduce the number of brands as part [...]

Prosecutors reveal case documents Group alleged to employ code-names Court documents describing an alleged 'insider trading ring' discovered by federal prosecutors hardly read like the details of a typical white-collar [...]

Court documents describing an alleged 'insider trading ring' discovered by federal prosecutors hardly read like the details of a typical white-collar case. The criminal complaints describe how a number of [...]

Tobacco British American Tobacco said it remained confident of its ability to push through price increases in 2010, in spite of further evidence that cigarette sales are softening as smokers [...]

GENERAL FINANCIAL In a volatile decade for the corporate world and its investors, Gilead Sciences, Apple and British American Tobacco stood out for their performances, according to a study by [...]

TOBACCO Focus on stint at Bank of Ireland One of the UK's leading institutional investors has queried the appointment of Richard Burrows, the former Bank of Ireland governor, as the [...]

TOBACCO Investor concerned on chairman move Focus on record at Bank of Ireland One of the UK's leading institutional investors has queried the appointment of Richard Burrows, the former Bank [...]

Having 'bank' on your CV is no longer a barrier to future gainful employment. That is one conclusion that will be drawn if Richard Burrows, former governor (ie chairman) of [...]

Tobacco British American Tobacco is to risk controversy by appointing as chairman a former governor of the Bank of Ireland. Richard Burrows will take on one of the most powerful [...]

tobacco First-half revenue jumps to [pounds sterling]6.8bn Acquisitions and weak pound help British American Tobacco underlined the growing pricing power of tobacco companies yesterday after beating market expectations with a [...]

News analysis In a speech to MPs the watchdog's chairman made the case for greater power to prevent banking crises Adair Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Auth-ority, noted ruefully [...]

TOBACCO British American Tobaccocould make more acquisitions in Indonesia after its purchase of a majority stake in the country's fifth-largest cigarette maker for $494m. The group, maker of Dunhill and [...]

Innovation, swears chief executive Paul Adams, means everything to British American Tobacco. Fighting smoke bans, advertising restrictions and punitive taxes, Europe's biggest cigarette maker is aiming to protect revenues by [...]

British American Tobacco is recruiting 250 volunteers in Germany to test experimental cigarettes designed to produce less toxic smoke than conventional products. The smokers' biological reactions will be analysed through [...]

tobacco Global demand for premium cigarettes appeared to be showing its first sign of weakness after British American Tobacco reported a slowdown in sales growth for some of its top [...]

The global demand for premium cigarettes appeared to be showing its first sign of weakness yesterday after British American Tobacco reported a slowdown in the sales growth for some of [...]

TOBACCO The global tobacco sector further enhanced its reputation as a safe haven for investors yesterday after British American Tobacco, the world's second-largest publicly listed cigarette company, delivered a 20 [...]

The global tobacco sector further enhanced its reputation as a safe haven for investors yesterday after British American Tobacco, the world's second-largest publicly listed cigarette company, delivered a 20 per [...]

TOBACCO BAT looks forward to 'vintage year' By Lisa Urquhart Paul Adams, chief executive of British American Tobacco, yesterday predicted that 2005 would be 'a vintage year' for the maker [...]

It may not be advisable to play bat and ball in a jewellery shop. But the staff at Beaverbrooks The Jewellers' store in Lakeside shopping centre in Essex start the [...]

A company's geographical dispersal can cause problems for IT, but British American Tobacco (BAT) is implementing a service oriented architecture (SOA) to gain a consistent platform for its global systems, [...]

From Mr Mahfuzur Rahman. Sir, I immensely enjoyed Michael Fullilove's scintillating innings ('Obama ought to take up cricket', December 8). The seven lessons he drives home are all sixes. I [...]

TOBACCO Cigarette maker sees revenues soar Consumers still opt for premium brands British American Tobacco grew faster than expected in the three months to September, showing the resilience of cigarette [...]

LONDON British American Tobacco ended with strong gains while the FTSE 100 swung around violently before closing lower. Shares in the maker of Lucky Strike cigarettes added 7.2 per cent [...]

general financial Banks will have to produce far more detailed disclosures of their off-balance sheet activities - even if they hold no financial interest in the vehicles - under rules [...]

Enlisting models to rollerskate around Knightsbridge may seem an unlikely way to inform shoppers that a new mascara has landed in the cosmetics hall at Harrods, but when Estee Lauder [...]