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Cigarette maker launched £2bn stock repurchase programme in 2022 but opted not to renew it this year
Surprise reshuffle comes after the group paid a penalty to US authorities over North Korean sanctions violations
Change comes after tobacco group was fined $635mn last month over North Korean sanctions violations
The UK company paid the US justice department’s biggest penalty for violating sanctions on Pyongyang
Subsidiary of world’s second-biggest tobacco group enters guilty plea in US
Upping sticks is not, in itself, a fail-safe way to light up a stock
Top-five shareholder GQG says it ‘makes no sense’ for cigarette group to be listed in UK
Company in ‘advanced discussions’ to complete sale, almost a year after it promised to leave the country
Appointment of a director of ‘combustibles’ could pave way to jettisoning the cash-rich business
Shares will continue to benefit from the rotation from high growth to value stocks
Companies turn to share buybacks as investors ditch stocks over ESG concerns
The maker of Lucky Strike cigarettes announces its first share buyback programme since 2014
Vaping and e-cigarette products account for more than a tenth of sales, Dunhill maker says
What hurts BAT is not just the comparison to peers but the surge of money into ESG funds
Tobacco companies are pushing to build market share in ‘modern products’
Caymans Islands-based billionaire now third-biggest shareholder in British American Tobacco
Maker of Lucky Strike cigarettes moves beyond nicotine in effort to attract consumers
Vaping is not the get-out-of-jail card it was once hoped to be
Lucky Strike owner raises dividend as earnings climb to £8.7bn
UK agency began investigation in 2017 after claims company bribed officials in east Africa
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FTSE 100 group says hit to revenue growth will be smaller than expected
Cigarette group had previously warned of slowing growth in emerging markets during pandemic
British American Tobacco group says only the illegal cigarette trade will benefit as case is put back to August
Tobacco group pays up when most have cut; builders of Bellway pave the way for retailers
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