Altadis is set to resist further offers from Imperial because it is preparing a management buyout of the business backed by private equity, Spanish news agency Europa Press said. Imperial said last week it had offered a full and fair price for Altadis, but the Madrid-based company has so far refused to open its books. Imperial, whose shares were down in early trading, refused to comment. Imperial linked to further Altadis approach 16/04/2007 - 9:33:57 AM Imperial Tobacco could be poised to...

It's time the tobacco industry listens to us when we demand that it stops using manipulative tactics to get us hooked on its products. Brampton - Wearing white masks, dressed in black and holding banners with disturbing statistics about smoking, Peel's Youth Action Alliances (YAAs), known as extinguish, are protesting tobacco industry tactics targeting youth. extinguish is made up of 14 youth from across Peel who define themselves as a youth-driven coalition exposing the deception of the...

CalSTRS may take a break from its nearly seven-year ban on tobacco companies if an outside counsel finds risk levels in the industry have subsided. The opportunity costs of not investing in tobacco companies have been $640 million in the domestic equity portfolio, $310 million in non-U. The board does not have a timeline in place for hiring the outside counsel or potentially reversing its ban, said Ms. Reproductions and distribution of the above news story are strictly prohibited. CalSTRS...

We all know that eating fruits, vegetables and soy products provides essential nutrition for a healthy lifestyle, while obesity leads to the opposite. Eating such foods as broccoli and soy are believed to offer some protection against cancer, but how this occurs is not well-understood. They found that diindolylmethane (DIM), a compound resulting from digestion of cruciferous vegetables, and genistein, a major isoflavone in soy, reduce production of two proteins whose chemotactic attraction...

In recent months, companies have been maintaining their profit margins by building in price increases to cover the rising cost of raw materials and production. As well as concerns that manufacturers are starting to raise prices to cover costs, experts also fear they may be widening profit margins to take advantage of the strong demand. Output prices - stripping out volatile food, drink, tobacco and petrol - rose 2. The measure of manufacturers' output prices is a key factor in the Bank of...