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Matt Sledge

Montana Attorney General Race Rocked By Out-Of-State Corporate Donations In Wake Of Citizens United

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Altria, Montana Attorney General Race, Tim Fox, Video, Montana Corrupt Practices Act, PhRMA Lobby, Corporate Personhood, Citizens United, Slidepollajax, Jim Shockley, Politics News

The Copper Kings once lorded over Montana, picking the state's governors and senators. The grip of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company was so tight tha...

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Paul Blumenthal

Corporations Try To Listen To Political Spending Outrage

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Altria, Transparency, Corporate Political Contributions, Video, Exelon, Merck, Disclosure, Corporations, Microsoft, Elections 2012, Corporate Power, Conference Board, Political Spending, Citizens United, Trevor Potter, Campaign Finance, Politics News

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON -- Four miles north of the occupied Zuccotti Park, where protesters have urged an end to corporate influence in politics, business...

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Most Non-Politically Correct Investments You Can Make (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Sara Yin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Deepwater, Bp, Unethical Companies, Exxon Mobil, Halliburton, Blackstone, Newmont Mining Corp, Stocks, Exxon Valdez, Goldman Sachs, Stock Market, Monsanto, Slidepollajax, Philip Morris, Altria, Securities and Exchange Commission, Adm, Business News

Cigarette makers, war profiteers, oil drillers -- they're great for your bottom line. As Libya endorses BP stock, and others quietly follow suit, ...

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The Magnificent Seven Ride Again

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AT&T, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Nasdaq, Microchip Technology, Sam Stovall, Standard & Poor's, Dominion Resources, Altria, Genuine Parts Conoco Phillips, Magnificent Seven, Windstream Corp, Phillip Morris, Stock Picks, Yul Brenner, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Sam Stovall, the chief investment strategist of Standard & Poor's, has come up with his own magnificent seven for the new year -- a group of seven fat dividend-paying stocks.

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NYC's 10 Biggest Paychecks: Who's Overpaid? (POLL)

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Altria, Lloyd Blankfein, Vikram Pandit, JPMorgan Chase, Slidepoll, Alliancebernstein, Mario Gabelli, Jamie Dimon, Peter Kraus, Citigroup, Business News

They're coming out on top, even in a down market. This week Crains released its "Fortunate 100," a ranking of the New York City area's highest-paid ex...

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Taking A Lost Case to the Supreme Court-- Three Times?

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Altria, Supreme Court, Big Tobacco, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Oregon, Politics News
Rob Kall

It is outrageously wrong that Altria/R.J. Reynolds tobacco could, because of its immense wealth and deep pockets, delay and abuse the Supreme Court system.

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Chevron, BofA Join Dow Industrials

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank of America, Honeywell, Dow Jones Adds, Chevron, Dow Jones, Altria, Boa, Blue Chip Index, Business News

NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. and Chevron Corp. will replace tobacco company Altria Group Inc. and manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. ...

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Philip Morris Plots Aggressive New Product Blitz

Wall Street Journal | VANESSA O'CONNELL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cigarettes, Altria, Nicotine, Smoking, Philip Morris, Marlboro Intense, Altria Group, Marlboros, Business News

Sitting in his office overlooking Lake Geneva, Philip Morris International Chief Executive André Calantzopoulos takes a long drag from an unusually s...

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Dogs Of The Dow

24/7 Wall Street | John C. Ogg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Electric, Citigroup, JP Morgan, AT&T, Ge, General Motors, Gm, Verizon, Unit Investment Trusts, Dogs of the Dow, Altria, Home Depot, Pfizer, Dupont, Business News

The Dogs of the Dow aren't necessarily the worst performers of the prior year, but they pay the highest the dividend yields. We wanted to review the ...

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