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...Mr Kanders once observed that an ageing population would be good for spectacle sellers such as the Benson Eyecare chain he sold in 1996....
...With brands such as Winston, Camel (in all non-US markets) and Benson & Hedges, 60 per cent of its operating profits are derived from international sales....
...Its portfolio includes the rights to Winston and Camel outside of the US, as well as Silk Cut and Benson & Hedges, which it acquired as part of a £7.5bn takeover of the UK’s Gallaher in 2007....
...Gallaher, whose brands include Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut, was seen to be a good strategic fit for JT, which had little presence in the UK and Europe....
...Sales of Winston, its discount cigarette brand, have tripled between 2000 to 2007 to overtake PMI’s L&M as the world’s second-largest cigarette brand....
...We’ll tell you with whom Gallaher, owner of Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut, would fit (with JT, they would be a powerful force in the former Soviet bloc)....
...Japan Tobacco, the world’s third-biggest tobacco company, has made a takeover approach for Gallaher, the UK group that owns the Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut brands....
...Gallaher controls around 37 per cent of the UK market and owns the Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut brands....
...In addition to Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut, Gallaher’s brands include Mayfair, Old Holborn, and Hamlet. The shares rose 3p to 1158p on Friday....
...Winston Churchill once said: “All the best off-the-cuff remarks are prepared days beforehand.” But sometimes they just emerge in the moment. Last weekend President George W....
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