ThinkstockThe trend of declining cigarette case volumes has been going on for years, or somewhere around two decades now. As of 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that only…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockDividend payments by S&P 500 companies reached an all-time high last year, totaling some $330.8 billion, according to FactSet. As of this March, 418 of the 500 companies in the index paid…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Monday, May 19, 2014. They include Altria, CenturyLink, Micron, GoGo and AT&T.
courtesy of philip morris internationalThe U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has come out and proposed to extend its tobacco authority to additional tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. What the public needs to…
Jon C. Ogg Altria reported solid first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday, citing the strength of its core tobacco businesses and its leading premium brands.
Trey Thoelcke ThinkstockThe short interest data for the first two weeks of March is out, and the results among the top high-yield safe dividend stocks are mixed. The biggest changes took place in the…
Wikimedia CommonsInvestors have to start asking themselves if it is time to start getting defensive. The stock market keeps hitting new highs, only to sell off. Uncertainty in China and Russia continue.…
24/7 Wall St. reviewed Wall Street's top research calls over the past week, on the hunt for the best dividend ideas with big upside. Here are the top three high-yielding stocks to…
It seems as though the U.S. cigarette business may not be on the way out any time soon. Standard & Poor's has upgraded Altria Group to a rating of BBB+ from BBB.
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockThe short interest data for the final two weeks of February is out, and the results are somewhat surprising when it comes to the top high-yield safe dividends out there. Some of…
Lorillard had an impressive Tuesday trading session on reports that Reynolds American was interested in buying the company. The merger would consolidate the pure-play tobacco companies in America from three down to…
Jon C. Ogg Drug store operator and health benefits management company CVS Caremark said Wednesday morning that it would stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its 7,600 U.S. stores by October 1 of…
courtesy of NBN at German WikipediaAltria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) has decided that it better continue playing catch up in the trend of moving towards e-cigarettes. The company’s Nu Mark subsidiary announced on…
Jon C. Ogg Altria reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning that fell short of consensus estimates. Guidance for 2014 was in line with expectations.
Paul Ausick Pfizer says a new study suggests its drug Chantix can help smokers unwilling or unable to quit abruptly to reduce their smoking before actual quitting. But can a stop-smoking pill that is…
