(STAMFORD, Conn.)UST Inc. said Thursday its shareholders approved the acquistion of the smokeless tobacco company by Altria Group Inc. for $10.4 billion. UST Chairman and Chief Executive Murray S. ...READ MORE

(MOUNT STERLING, Ky.)Lindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man's game--tobacco farming. He recently took 20 tons of his early prepared leaf to Clay's Tobacco Warehouse in Mou...READ MORE

(MOUNT STERLING, Kentucky)Lindsay Pasley is an eager young man in what used to be an older man's game--tobacco farming. He recently took 20 tons of his early prepared leaf to Clay's Tobacco Warehouse in the...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)An analyst at Gabelli & Co. on Tuesday upgraded shares of tobacco maker Reynolds American Inc. to a "Buy" from "Hold," and said the shares were a good value at their current price....READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Executives of cigarette maker Lorillard Inc. are scheduled to speak to investors Tuesday at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference. Chief Executive Martin L. Orlows...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Reynolds American gave details to investors Monday about its latest smokeless tobacco products, saying that it would begin selling Camel brand dissolvable tobacco products in mid- ...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Altria Group, the owner of the nation's biggest cigarette maker, confirmed on Tuesday that it has started to cut jobs because of the widespread economic turmoil.READ MORE