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BAT To Acquire Reynolds American Tobacco

British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced that its shareholders have approved a move to acquire a 57.8% stake in Reynolds American. The proposed ac...

BAT Anticipates Currency Exchange Impact On Operating Profits

British American Tobacco has said that current currency exchange rates could influence its operating profits for the half-year and full-year. In a tradi...

BAT's Glo Roll-Out In Japan Sets Up Three-Way War For Smokers

British American Tobacco is expanding sales of its heated tobacco device next month to Tokyo, just as former cigarette monopoly Japan Tobacco Inc. introduc...

BAT Wins Reynolds With Sweetened $49.4 Billion Buyout Bid

British American Tobacco Plc reached agreement to buy full control of Reynolds American Inc. with a sweetened $49.4 billion offer, bringing a successful en...

Reynolds Said To Reject BAT’s $47 Billion Acquisition Proposal

Reynolds American Inc., the second-largest cigarette seller in the U.S., is seeking a higher price from British American Tobacco Plc after rejecting a $47...

BAT Takes On Philip Morris In Japan With New Tobacco Device

British American Tobacco Plc will begin selling its heated tobacco product Glo in Japan next month, ratcheting up competition in the country that’s b...

BAT’s Bid For Reynolds May Spur Final Wave Of Big Tobacco M&A

British American Tobacco Plc’s plan to buy Reynolds American Inc. could herald a final wave of industry consolidation as rivals will need to link up...

BAT Will Need to Cough Up A Bit More For Reynolds: Gadfly

It's just what the world could do without: a bigger, more powerful cigarette company. But investors are cheering British American Tobacco's proposal to tak...