British American Tobacco

Tobacco giants Philip Morris and Altria in talks over $210bn merger

Vaping pushes cigarette companies towards merger a decade after they split

European shares lifted by upbeat blue-chip earnings

Iseq joins in rebound, but London market lags as stronger sterling drags on index

The key players of the banking crisis: where are they now?

From retirement to board roles to prison, we track the fates of the central figures

Sustainable investing: can you do well by doing good?

Ethical investors can outperform if they engage with corporate sinners

European shares drop on US tariff fears

Microsoft lifts Wall Street, while weak pound holds up Ftse 100

Surging oil prices boost FTSE but Wall St lingers in the red

Iseq finishes up just 0.1 per cent higher on a day of mixed fortunes for its biggest stocks

European shares rise, but Wall Street turns lower

US banks and UK software group Sage lead the fallers on day of cautious optimism

Tobacco shares hit by FDA plan on nicotine

Promise of tougher regulations took $130bn American tobacco industry off guard

British American Tobacco to buy Reynolds for $49.4bn

BAT had previously offered $47 billion, an offer that was rejected for being too low

Planet Business

Ghost airports, the ‘gig economy’ and an English rose called Cortana

Rape Crisis Network criticises ‘misogynistic’ anti-drinking ad

Campaign rejects assertion, saying ad ‘wildly misunderstood’

European Commission considers taxing electronic cigarettes

Move would drastically increase cost of the alternative smoking product

British American Tobacco sales down as smokers get frugal

Revenue falls almost 10% with slowdown in sales accelerating in third quarter

Stocktake

‘Dr Doom’ sees crash – again

British American Tobacco returns to Myanmar after 10 years

BAT left the country following an ‘exceptional’ request from the British govenment to stop doing business there in 2003

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