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...At one point, a rep has to retire mid-conversation, dizzy from all the inhaling and, like a fallen infantryman, is replaced by the next man in the corps....
...Founded in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1951 by warlock and screenwriter Cecil Williamson, it moved to the Cornish coast in 1960....
...Digital operator, Cameron Williamson. Stylist’s assistant, Bryony Hatrick...
...Two years ago British American Tobacco completed a deal to buy Reynolds American, the business which housed its former US subsidiary Brown & Williamson, for $49.4bn....
...Since the letter was issued, UK pension fund Railpen and the British Columbia Investment Management Corp have already jumped on board....
...A 1953 survey first alerted Brown & Williamson to the fact that black Americans were keener on its menthol brand, Kool, than white smokers, triggering advertising campaigns which featured black sports stars...
...The deal will create the world’s largest listed tobacco company by sales, and would return BAT to the US market 12 years after folding its US subsidiary Brown & Williamson into Reynolds for a large minority...
...Although the deal – if approved – would bring BAT back to the US market more than a decade after it folded its US subsidiary Brown & Williamson into Reynolds in exchange for a minority stake, Moody’s analysts...
...It will also see BAT return to the US more than a decade after it folded its US subsidiary, Brown & Williamson, into Reynolds in exchange for a large minority stake....
...The acquisition will bring BAT back to the US market more than a decade after it folded its US subsidiary, Brown & Williamson, into Reynolds in exchange for a large minority stake....
...The tobacco arm of RJR Nabisco sold its international business to a Japan Tobacco, while in 2004 the domestic business merged with Brown & Williamson (then owned by British American Tobacco)....
...The history of the two companies’ relationship goes back to July 2004, when the US business of BAT, known as Brown & Williamson, combined with RJ Reynolds, bringing together the second and third ranking...
...The bid comes 12 years after BAT folded its Brown & Williamson business into what is now Reynolds....
...The acquisition, which is still subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, will see BAT return to the US market more than a decade after it folded its US subsidiary, Brown & Williamson, into Reynolds...
...Azhic Basirov, head of capital markets at advisory group, Smith & Williamson, estimates that firms providing corporate advisory services to the mid-market need “around 100 IPOs a year for that market to...
...One infamous internal memo from the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, typed up in the summer of 1969, sets out the thinking very clearly: “Doubt is our product.” Why?...
...Just six days after Britain voted to leave the EU, British American Tobacco and whisky maker Brown-Forman both managed to successfully sell sterling bonds worth a total of £800m....
...Kentucky-based wine and spirits company Brown-Forman is in the market with a £300m 12-year deal as well as a €300m 10-year offering, while British American Tobacco, a London-headquartered multinational,...
...Examples include The Insider, a 1999 drama starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, about a whistleblower who revealed nefarious practices at Brown & Williamson, a defunct subsidiary of British American Tobacco...
...Each came from a different sector — Microsoft (technology) headed the list, followed by GE (industrial conglomerate), Coca-Cola (soft drinks), China Mobile (telecoms) and Marlboro (tobacco)....
...Ms Cameron began her tobacco career in 1981 as a sales representative at Brown & Williamson, a BAT subsidiary, and rose through the management ranks before taking on international assignments with the parent...
...Andrew Brown, secretary of the Church Commissioners – the body which manages the church’s investments – said its decision to sell was not taken lightly....
...Additional reporting by Kevin Brown in Singapore and Enid Tsui in Hong Kong...
...- Imperial Tobacco launches £500m annual share buyback — statement. - CSR sees Q2 revenues at the lower at end of market expectations — statement....
...Chris Williamson, Markit: Inflation should fall sharply in 2012, though may prove to be more stubborn than the Bank is currently projecting....
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