British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco Launches 'glo' Line In Turin

British American Tobacco (BAT) recently launched its tobacco heating product line 'glo' in Italy, making it the first global market to offer both its vapou...

BAT Sells Second-Biggest Bond Issue Of 2017 For Reynolds Deal

British American Tobacco Plc sold the second-largest bond deal of the year to finance its purchase of the portion of Reynolds American Inc. that it didn&rs...

BAT Faces Full U.K. Probe Into African Tobacco Report

British American Tobacco Plc faces a formal probe by the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office following reports that the maker of Dunhill cigarettes bribed Af...

BAT Reports 'Strong Strategic Momentum' For First Half Of 2017

British American Tobacco (BAT) has announced that revenue, at current rates of exchange, increased by 15.7% to £7,717 million in the first six months...

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...

Big Tobacco's $49 Billion Megadeal Is A Real Drag: Gadfly

Reynolds American Inc. has pushed British American Tobacco Plc to the limit in securing a $49 billion takeover offer from its U.K.-based cigarette peer. Th...

A Trump Tax Cut Could Add $8.2 Billion To Reynolds Price Tag

When British American Tobacco Plc bid $47 billion last year to buy the 58% of Reynolds American, Inc. that it doesn’t own, the coast was clear. BAT&r...

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...