Lorillard CEO Denies Plan to Recruit Young Smokers
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The top executive of Lorillard  Tobacco denied in court on Tuesday that the company had tried  to recruit underage smokers through an advertising campaign for  its popular Newport cigarette brand.
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Norway's second biggest city won't be moving to desktop Linux soon, but the man behind the plan denies that the project has been canned.
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Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' appeal to movie stars not to smoke on screen as it encourages the youth to pick up the cancerous habit has been rejected by superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
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The chief executive of WMC Resources has denied the company&#39;s share buyback and the sale of part of its business is designed to undermine a takeover offer from Swiss-based Xstrata.
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Ramada Jarvis says smoking will not be allowed in most of its rooms and public spaces by next year.
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A former top manager in the Airbus aircraft group rejected on Wednesday renewed suggestions that he made a fortune illegally by selling shares, knowing that the company was in deep trouble.
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Sport: Chairman says he is opposed to involvement because it's not clear how Uzbek suitor amassed fortune.
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Hanjin Group on Thursday denied a report on the progress of its talks with the US private equity fund Carlyle Group over the sale of its shipping and logistics operations.
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By Peter MacMahon Scottish Goverment Editor  THE company behind controversial plans to site the world's largest onshore wind farm in the Western Isles last night strongly denied that pressing ahead with the project would breach European rules on protecting wildlife.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief denied Thursday that he recently met with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which the EU has blacklisted as a terrorist organization.
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The nicotine in cigarettes is  habit-forming but is not the sole cause of addiction, a tobacco  company executive argued during testimony on Tuesday in the  government's $280 billion suit against cigarette makers.
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A former tobacco industry executive testified Wednesday that top cigarette makers for years have chosen not to make their products safer despite knowing how to.
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Bar and restaurant owners are refusing to police a smoking ban when it takes effect on Monday in Italy, a country where breaking the rules is often considered a right.
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A former tobacco company researcher  told a federal judge on Wednesday he believed he was denied a  promotion in the 1980s over concerns he would testify about the  dangers of smoking in a sick-smoker lawsuit.
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Novell officials are disputing reports from Norway that the city of Bergen is backing away from any plan to migrate from Windows to Linux.
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The chief executive of a Boston private equity firm under federal investigation for its connection to groups that allegedly finance Islamic extremists denied yesterday that his company is linked to terrorism.
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The aluminum producer Alcoa said in a statement that it would continue to pursue its $27.4 billion cash and stock bid for a rival, Alcan, despite the Canadian companyâs rejection of the offer. But Alcoaâs chairman and chief executive, Alain J. P. Belda, said that the company would not enhance the proposal, which Alcan called inadequate. âWe have studied Alcanâs response and have not seen anything that would lead us to re-evaluate our offer,â Mr. Belda said. He also rejected suggestions by Alcan that Alcoa would have difficulty obtaining antitrust approval for the merger and urged Alcanâs board to resume its examination of the bid.