Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Was it only last year that financier Henry Kravis and his partners borrowed a whopping $28 billion to buy R JR Nabisco in ...

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and British American Tobacco PLC on Monday agreed to merge their American tobacco businesses, uniting the nation's second and third largest tobacco companies in an effort to ...

A Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must pay $102 million to settle a lawsuit between the state of Florida and four tobacco companies dating back to 1995. RJR argued ...

One year ago, on April 1st, the lives of Robert Fakler, Adam Fuehrer and Bill and Lois Cobb were taken when they were murdered at their place of employment; RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan, ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The Federal Trade Commission has cleared R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. to merge, giving the thumbs-up to a union of the country's No. 2 and No.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc., the nation's second-largest tobacco company, and smaller rival Brown amp; Williamson Tobacco Corp. have held talks about merging their U.S. operations, a newspaper ...

RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings will cut 40% of its staff worldwide by 2005 and marshal resources behind its two top brands, Camel and Salem. The revamp could signal more shifts in RJR’s agency roster ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK (AP) — F. Ross Johnson, the former RJR Nabisco CEO depicted as the epitome of corporate greed in the best-selling book ...

(FORTUNE Magazine) – Fifteen years ago this fall, the barbarians of Wall Street stormed the gates of RJR Nabisco, vying to buy the world's No. 2 cigarette maker. The company was also a cookie maker, ...

Canadian businessman F. Ross Johnson, the former RJR Nabisco chief executive depicted as the epitome of corporate greed in the bestselling book and movie “Barbarians at the Gate,” has died. He was 85.