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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: EOG Resources, Inc., Altria Group, Inc., Kraft Foods Inc., Philip Morris International Inc. and Waddell & Reed. (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:01:32 GMT

CHICAGO - (Business Wire) Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE: EOG), Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO), Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT), Philip Morris International...

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Altria boosts regular quarterly dividend 10.3 pct (Reuters)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:26 GMT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Altria Group Inc said on Thursday its board of directors voted to increase the company's regular quarterly dividend 10.3 percent to 32 cents per share from 29 cents per share.

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Altria board hikes quarterly dividend 10.3% to 32 cents (Market Watch)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:15:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Altria Group Inc. said Thursday its board increased the quarterly dividend 10.3% to 32 cents. The dividend is payable Oct. 10 to stockholders of record as of Sept. 15. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

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Invesco Field? Huh? Where? Oh, You Mean Mile High Stadium (Opinion L.A.)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:50:45 GMT

I don't know what the company named Invesco does -- my gut and English grammar classes tell me that it's probably ''invest.'' But it ''invested'' six million dollars to get the naming rights to the place where the Denver Broncos play football. Many companies have taken to giving themselves safely opaque names made up of significant-sounding syllables [Altria makes cigarettes, but you'd never...

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High-Profile Antitrust Trial Lawyer Darryl Snider Joins Sheppard Mullin Los Angeles (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:08:56 GMT

... representations includes clients such as Mercedes Benz of North America, Philip Morris U.S.A., Altria, Masco Corporation, Unocal, Cytec Industries, Western Refining, Lucky Stores, Medco, C&H Sugar, Tyler Pipe Industries and Pitney Bowes. Snider has also represented KPMG and Deloitte & Touche in civil securities litigation cases and regulatory investigations. In other complex litigation actions,...

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Free weekly walking tours in New York City (NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:14:36 GMT

... and 3 p.m. until August 15 (NYC Urban Park Rangers)Friday 12:30 (Grand Central Partnership and Altria) noon (Times Square Alliance) at 11 a.m., and 12:15 p.m. until August 15 (NYC Urban Park Rangers)Saturday at noon (Downtown Alliance) led by Big Onion Walking Tours at 2 p.m. (Union Square Partnership)Sunday 11 a.m. (Flatiron/23rd St. Partnership) 11 a.m., until December (Lower East Side...

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TSC Ratings' Updates: ImClone (The Street)

twocents@thestreet.com (TheStreet.com Ratings Staff) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:09:00 GMT

ImClone, Kyocera, Altria upgraded; Anadarko, Wesco downgraded.

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Notables from Altria's Q2 Earnings Call (Seeking Alpha)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:48:45 GMT

Todd Sullivan submits: Catching up on the notables from Altria's (MO) recent earnings call. Repurchased 53.5 million shares during the quarter at an average price per share of $21.81. Additionally, Altria declared a quarterly dividend of $0.29 per common share paid to stockholders of records as of June 13, 2008. This equates to approximately $600 million in dividend payments. Combined,...

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The Netherworld of FDA Tobacco Regulation (Bacon's Rebellion)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:40:00 GMT

A lot of strange people are hopping into bed together with the recent passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of a bill to let the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration regulate tobacco. Richmond-based firms Philip Morris USA and parent Altria favor FDA oversight while tobacco competitors Lorillard and R.J. Reynolds do not. Ultraconservative Congressman Eric Cantor, a big-time magnet for tobacco...

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Kraft Food & Family Magazine, Winter 2008 (Asiaing.com)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:07:03 GMT

The Philip Morris Company (now known as Altria Group), acquired Kraft for $12.9 billion in 1988, eventually merging it with another food subsidiary, General Foods, which it had acquired in 1985. In 2000, Philip Morris acquired Nabisco and merged it with Kraft. Altria sold 280 million Kraft shares via an initial public offering in 2001, retaining an 88.1% stake.

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Cherae L. Bishop to Join American Red Cross Staff (PR News Wire )

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:42:00 GMT

... for homeless veterans. In addition, she served as the Manager of Constituency Relations for Altria Corporate Services, Inc., where her many accomplishments included obtaining the support of a key constituency-organizations supporting in passing tobacco buyout legislation as well as developing mechanisms that allowed stakeholder organizations to partner on key legislative issues. As the...

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Altria and Philip Morris (Financial Time)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:22:00 GMT

Philip Morris, freed to seek out overseas growth, shows signs of fulfilling its promise but Altria is having a tougher time

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Is Altria Up In Smoke? (MO) (24/7 Wall St.)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:57:50 GMT

Altria Group Inc. (MO) spooked shareholders today when it said cigarette shipments this year may plunge as much as 3.5 percent. The stock fell to a three-month... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Altria profit falls due to spinoff of int'l unit (The Washington Times)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:59:02 GMT

Altria Group, the owner of tobacco company Philip Morris USA, said Thursday that its second-quarter profit fell 58 percent from a year earlier because it spun off its international unit.

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No End In Sight to Unilever, Altria’s Commodity Woes (Stocks to Watch Today)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:44:34 GMT

... are down $2.71, or 9%, at $27.41. High cost of oil hits the cost of growing leaves Shares of Altria Group ( MO ), which makes Marlboro cigarettes, are getting whacked this morning despite the company’s re-affirming its 2008 forecast and beating numbers. The stock is down $1.19, or 5.5%, at $20.51. The problem, as for Unilever and so many others, is the high cost of commodities — in Altria’s...

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Tobacco company Altria profits up after international spin-off (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:33:03 GMT

New York - US tabacco company Altria, whose brands include Marlboro, said Thursday second-quarter profits rose after it spun-off its international operations on higher cigarette costs in the United States. Earnings rose 30 per cent to 930 million dol...

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Philip Morris to Buy Rothmans (Law Blog - WSJ.com)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:32:00 GMT

Canada's Rothmans agreed to be bought by Philip Morris International for nearly $2 billion, representing the U.S. company's first acquisition since its spinoff from Altria earlier this year.

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Altria Exhales Growth (Fool.com)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:09:59 GMT

As earnings releases heat up, we hear more and more about struggling revenue growth and profit declines in today's challenging economic climate. One company in a particularly tough situation is Altria, which recently Philip Morris International and all of its . However, rather than whining about the lack of growth in the lagging domestic tobacco industry, Altria continues to focus on...

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Altria 2Q profit falls 58 percent (Examiner)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:28:28 GMT

Altria Group said Thursday its second-quarter profit fell 58 percent, as results from last year included the company's now-separate international cigarette unit.

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Altria 2Q profit falls 58 percent (Seattle Times)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:20:31 GMT

Altria Group said Thursday its second-quarter profit fell 58 percent, as results from last year included the company's now-separate international cigarette unit.

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