R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and British American Tobacco PLC on Monday agreed to merge their American tobacco businesses, uniting the nation's second and third largest tobacco companies in an effort to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — F. Ross Johnson, the former RJR Nabisco CEO depicted as the epitome of corporate greed in the best-selling book and movie "Barbarians at the Gate," has died. He was 85. The ...

Now that Newt Gingrich is in attack mode, it looks like Mitt Romney is going to have to answer some questions about his private equity days. Part of that is because the huge leveraged buy-outs of the ...

A Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must pay $102 million to settle a lawsuit between the state of Florida and four tobacco companies dating back to 1995. RJR argued ...

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Originally, RJR wanted to sponsor one of the top teams in NASCAR, namely that of Junior Johnson. Winston and RJR had no compulsion against spending from what often seemed like an unlimited wallet.

Sales of cigarettes that mimic menthol are soaring in California after the state outlawed most flavored tobacco — a sign that the industry is undermining the new law and raising doubts about the Biden ...

Canadian businessman F. Ross Johnson, the former RJR Nabisco chief executive depicted as the epitome of corporate greed in the bestselling book and movie “Barbarians at the Gate,” has died. He was 85.