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[Louisiana] Legislators agree to refinance La.’s tobacco bonds
Louisiana legislators agreed Wednesday to the governor’s plan of refinancing the state’s tobacco settlement and using the savings to plug holes in the state budget.
May 2, 2013
Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate
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May 30, 2013 19:16
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[Louisiana] Legislators agree to refinance La.’s tobacco bonds
Louisiana legislators agreed Wednesday to the governor’s plan of refinancing the state’s tobacco settlement and using the savings to plug holes in the state budget.
May 29, 2013
Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate
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May 30, 2013 19:16
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California mulls $2 tax for cigarettes, risk for tobacco bonds
California's anti-smoking advocates are asking their legislature to back a $2 state tax hike on cigarettes - double the increase voters rejected last year - on the heels of President Barack Obama's urging a federal cigarette tax increase earlier this mont
Apr 22, 2013
Reuters
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Apr 22, 2013 20:14
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[Oklahoma] EDITORIAL: A wise state investment
Oklahoma’s use of the Master Settlement funds from the 1996 tobacco lawsuit is a model for use in future trust fund cases. Unlike other states, Oklahoma did not take a one-time payment. The state chose to receive the money over several years, and to date
Apr 19, 2013
Norman (OK) Transcript
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Apr 19, 2013 12:53
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California Tobacco Bond Sale a Hit With Investors
California on Tuesday had little trouble selling $380 million in municipal bonds backed by revenue from tobacco companies, even as litigation deepens over a payment dispute related to the companies' lost market share.
Apr 2, 2013
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
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Apr 2, 2013 19:40
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Philip Morris Borrowing Costs Climb After Russia Bans Public Smoking | Fox Business
Bond investors demanded a higher yield from Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) Tuesday than the cigarette maker was granted last summer, as rising interest rates and questions about overseas tobacco sales weighed on its debt sale.
Feb 26, 2013
Dow Jones Newswires
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Feb 27, 2013 00:37
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[New York] Breakable bonds leave city a winner in smoking slowdown
But Newman, the former deputy comptroller, doesn’t see it that way. While emphasizing that a potential default was still a long way off, he said that the city needs to keep in mind what investors will think the next time it goes to the market with a bon
Feb 6, 2013
New York World (Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism)
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Feb 6, 2013 20:57
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[Illinois] CAPITOL FACTS: Who won? The cigarette makers
... It passed last week after the trial lawyers were given a neat little plumb that guaranteed them higher contingency fees on big medical malpractice cases.
Jan 9, 2013
Ottawa (IL) Daily Times
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Jan 9, 2013 11:49
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How big tobacco got its way in Florida Legislature [FREE FULL TEXT]
In 2009, tobacco lobbyists aggressively pushed a bill that drastically capped the amount four tobacco companies have to pay to appeal certain court judgments against them. The bill, SB 2198, was authored by Sen. Mike Haridopolos but written by the tobacc
Dec 30, 2012
Florida Times-Union
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Dec 31, 2012 11:07
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Times-Union investigation: How big tobacco got its way in Florida Legislature ($$)
In 2009, tobacco lobbyists aggressively pushed a bill that drastically capped the amount four tobacco companies have to pay to appeal certain court judgments . . . SB 2198, was authored by Sen. Mike Haridopolos but written by the tobacco lobby.
Dec 30, 2012
Florida Times-Union
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Dec 30, 2012 15:08