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The article focuses on the relocation of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. from Reynolds Building to Reynolds Plaza in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. According to Reynolds American Inc. spokeswoman Maura Payne, the firm has outgrown the building it has occupied since 1929. It is noted that the structure may be converted to high-end condominiums. Also mentioned are the features of the building, including its Art Deco lines.

This article focuses at how tobacco company R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. is hoping that a redesign of traditional cigarette packs will help differentiate the fading Winston brand. A year after the tobacco giants' $206 billion settlement agreement with the state attorneys general in 1998, a group of 20 frustrated brand developers and strategists huddled in a conference room at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco's headquarters in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Three years and at least $200 million later-an analyst's guess, the number two tobacco giant is introducing a curved, crushproof plastic flask in limited national distribution this month.

The article focuses on the details concerning the restoration of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company's building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The building is designed by Shreve & Lamb of New York and was completed in 1929. It is well maintained over the years. However, Reynolds planned to restore its landmark and chose to engage with Croxton Collaborative/Hammill-Walter Associated Architects to renovate the lobby and the building exterior.

Reports on the merger of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco with Brown & Williamson Tobacco. Plan of R.J. Reynolds to move up to 1,000 workers to its headquarters in North Carolina in exchange for tax credits; Request for more tax cuts for the demolition of an old power plant; Claim that the company would lay off 40% of its work force; Comments from state representative Paul Luebke.

Describes the effects that major layoffs at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. could have on the economy of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Steady loss of tobacco jobs over the past two decades, due to changes in the cigarette industry; Lack of comparable jobs, as well as retraining opportunities, in the local economy; Ripple effects of the layoffs on other parts of the local economy; Impact on tobacco farmers.

The article offers information about the economic condition of Winston-Salem, North Carolina., which is used to be the heart of tobacco manufacturing in the U.S. It provides details about the emergence of factories and warehouses as well as other buildings for medical lab equipment and researchers. An overview is presented about R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

This section offers news briefs in the Triad region, North Carolina as of January 1, 2013. Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem will not be converted into a hotel by Quaintance-Weaver Hotels LLC. Tencarva Machinery based in Greensboro acquired Southern Sales Co. in Nashville, Tennessee. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in Winston-Salem will pay 5 million U.S. dollars to settle patent dispute with Star Scientific in Glen Allen, Virginia.

The article offers information on the history and tourist destinations in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. According to the author, Winston-Salem, which is a town built on tobacco, is full of illustrations of the success of the tobacco industry such as the 22-story building of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. It also emphasizes that tourists could also visit Old Salem living history museum and Reynolda House Musuem of American Art which features premier collections of American art in the Southeast.

This section presents news briefs related to the business sector in the Triad region of North Carolina compiled as of June 2010. According to the Employment Security Commission, there are 714,319 jobs in the region as of March 2010. Guilford Performance Textiles plans to close its manufacturing facility in Greensboro by the end of 2010. Winston-Salem-based R.J. Reynolds Tobacco is to pay 325 million dollars to settle a lawsuit filed by local and national governments in Canada.

The article offers business news briefs for North Carolina as of September 2014. Tobacco company R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has been ordered by a Florida jury to pay Cynthia Robinson compensatory damages for a lawsuit she filed against the company. $45.8 million was raised by Bank of the Carolinas by issuing common stock to private-equity investors. Debbie Green was appointed president at Annie Penn Hospital.

The article reports on a contention between Lorillard Inc. and rival R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. over whether a company in North Carolina can commandeer an everyday word or phrase for its exclusive use in advertising in 2011. The implication of resolving the issue for the North Carolina Business Court in Greensboro is noted. The word "pleasure" was registered for the Newport cigarette brand in 2005 as a trademark by Lorillard. The issue is said to illustrate the efforts of firms to protect brand identities.

This section offers North Carolina business news briefs. A factory will be opened in Liberty in the third quarter of 2011 by Americhem, which produces dyes and other additives for the polymer industry. American National Bankshares agreed to purchase MidCarolina Financial in an all-stock transaction valued at 38.8 million dollars. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. increased the price on most of its cigarette brands by eight cents a pack.

This section offers business news briefs in the Triad area of North Carolina as of January 2008. Greensboro Grasshoppers minor-league baseball team will play its games in 2009 at the NewBridge Bank Park. The Randolph Bank & Trust has failed to acquire shareholder approval for its acqusition by Bank of the Carolinas. The attorneys general for nine states has filed a lawsuit against cigarette maker R. J. Reynolds Tobacco.

The article reports that North Carolina-based giant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. is hoping to sell snus, which is the Swedish word for "snuff." The snus is used by a million adults in Sweden. The snus is different from the regular fermented chewing tobacco in the sense that it is pasteurized, refrigerated for freshness and packed in disposable tea-bag-like pouches. Reynolds's Camel-branded version, which is called simply Snus, hit test-market shelves in Portland, Oregon, and Austin in June 2006. The arrival of snus may be helpful in reversing the fortunes of U.S. tobacco companies as the cigarette sales in the United States have been declining 2 to 3 percent annually. According to Kenneth Warner, Dean, University of Michigan School of Public Health, about 20 percent of Swedish males use this product daily.

The article presents news briefs in North Carolina. In Lexington, Billings Transportation Group, a trucking and logistic company, plans to close within a year. In Greensboro, TIMCO Aviation Services CEO Roy Rimmer was replaced by John Cawthron. In Winston-Salem, production and maintenance workers at R.J. Reynolds Tobacco rejected union representation.

Presents updates on business in the Triad region of North Carolina as of September 2002. Acquisition of American Marketing Center by CRC Insurance Services; Purchase of Independence Bank by Bank of North Carolina; Amount of damages ordered by a federal judge against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.

Presents news briefs on business and commerce on several counties in North Carolina as of August 2002. Plans of Guilford Mills to exit the garment business; Company to be acquired by Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings; Amount of bonds sold by R. J. Reynolds.

The article reports that R.J. Reynolds (RJR) Tobacco Co. is offering to voluntarily accept some of the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations's advertising restrictions that it is disputing in court. In negotiations to develop so-called "model" state legislation in its home of North Carolina, legislation that would eventually be offered to other states, RJR proposes to fund anti-smoking messages aimed at teenagers and accept certain advertising restrictions in return for tougher, more rigidly enforced laws barring those under 18 from buying cigarettes.