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Yield Hunter: Tobacco Stocks
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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:02:00 GMT
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[Indie Research] - Given their high cash flow rates and relatively inelastic demand, tobacco firms are often considered "defensive" equities, or those less susceptible to major declines amid a broad market pullback.
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Summary Box: Tobacco companies settle charges
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Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:17:27 GMT
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[AP] - CHARGES SETTLED: Two American tobacco companies are paying nearly $30 million to settle charges that they bribed foreign officials to get sales contracts.
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Tobacco companies settle bribery charges
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Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:26:42 GMT
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[AP] - Two American tobacco companies are paying nearly $30 million to settle charges that they bribed foreign officials to get lucrative overseas tobacco sales contracts.
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Universal Corp. to pay $9M to settle bribery probe
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Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:50:00 GMT
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[AP] - Tobacco processor and seller Universal Corp. said Friday that it will pay nearly $9 million to the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle a bribery investigation.
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Universal Corporation Settles FCPA Matter
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Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:07:00 GMT
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[PR Newswire] - Universal Corporation announced today that it has finalized agreements with the United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission resolving the investigations that commenced with the self-reporting by the Company of certain payments to foreign government officials and other individuals in connection with business activities in several countries. The resolution includes aggregate payments to the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission of $8.98 million.
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