Tobacco

George C. Freeman, III, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Corporation (NYSE: UVV), announced today that the Company's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of forty-eight cents ($0.48) per share on the common shares of the Company, payable February 14,...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Autoliv Inc (ALV) Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB) British American Tobacco ADR (BTI) Brush Engineered Material (BW) Canon Inc ADR (CAJ) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AUTOLIV INC (ALV): Free Stock Analysis Report BIOGEN IDEC INC...

  Star Scientific Inc. (NASDAQ: CIGX) $1.97 Nasdaq  Market-cap $237 million There are several drivers to the (CIGX) story, but the short version is that it encapsulates 3 potentially rich and separate themes that taken individually could fire this stock into a moon shot; potentially it...

Christopher Growe, of Stifel Nicolaus, said in an interview on CNBC that he has a hold rating on Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO). He explained that Altria Group (MO) and other tobacco stocks had a great run, and they are now less attractive than consumer staples or the market, on P/E multiple basis....

The board of directors of Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE: LMT) has authorized a new share buyback plan of about $3 billion. The company had repurchased around 169 million shares in the earlier program over the 8 years. Lorillard Inc (NYSE: LO) reported a rise of 17% in its Q3 net income. The company's...

• The Singapore Stock Exchange agreed to purchase its Australia-based peer, ASX, for $8.3 billion • Carlyle announced plans to buy CommScope (NYSE: CTV) for $31.50 per share • Lorillard (NYSE: LO) reported third quarter earnings of $1.81 a share, $0.17 higher than estimated, on revenues up 12.6% to...

Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) delivered robust third quarter results for 2010. The company posted adjusted quarterly earnings of $1.35 per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny and year-ago earnings by 8.9%. On a reported basis, earnings grew 4.8% to $1.30 a share in the...

Cigarette manufacturer and marketer Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) reported marginally weaker-than-expected third-quarter results, adversely affected by inventory payback in Japan, coupled with significant excise tax increases in Greece and Turkey. Earnings per share, excluding special...

Altria Group Inc. (MO), the manufacturer and seller of cigarettes, wine and other tobacco products, registered robust third quarter results of 2010 for the three-month period ending September 30, 2010. Virginia-based Altria posted earnings of 54 cents a share in the quarter, which was up 12.5%...

The broader market is moving sharply higher today, one day after sharply selling off yesterday. Boston Scientic (NYSE: BSX) is one name to note, as the stent maker reported better than expected earnings yesterday, and is the top gainer in the S&P 500, gaining 10.4% to $6.59, a gain of 62 cents...