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Altria Group To Buy UST, Inc.
Altria Group Inc. said Monday it will buy UST Inc. for nearly $10 billion in a deal that will give the maker of Marlboro cigarettes access to the smokeless tobacco market with the Skoal and Copenhagen brands. Richmond, Va.-based Altria said it...Tags: Companies and Corporations, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Finance, Altria Group, Inc., Management Change
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Weaker earnings keep heat on Tribune
Tribune Co.'s second-quarter earnings report on Thursday didn't provide much respite from what is turning out to be a long, hot summer for Dennis FitzSimons, the media company's embattled chairman and chief executive. Tribune profit and revenue fell,...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Media General Inc., Entertainment, Family, Prices
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Tribune buyback to move forward
Tribune staff reportersAfter weeks of infighting and boardroom intrigue over a controversial $2.5 billion stock buyback plan, Tribune Co. announced Tuesday that it will repurchase 45 million of its shares for $32.50 each. That number, which represents 15 percent of the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment, Family, Newspapers
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Pension reform clear in 1 regard: It will be costly
Tribune staff reporterThere's an ongoing joke among certified public accountants that tax reform--which is generally done in the name of simplification--is always good for their business. The irony, of course, is that you would think reform would put CPAs out of work--...Tags: Wachovia Corp., Companies and Corporations, Finance, Career and Workplace, Credit Ratings
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Tribune Co. disagreements called `constructive'
Bloomberg NewsDisagreements over Tribune Co.'s future are ``a constructive dialogue'' and should help drive the stock price higher, said John Rogers, whose Ariel Capital Management Inc. is Tribune's third-largest shareholder. Tribune's failure to buy back all of the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Entertainment, Satellite and Cable Service, Television Industry, Auction Service
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Dispute may put Tribune in play
When Dennis FitzSimons, the chairman and chief executive of Tribune Co., announced a $2 billion stock buyback on May 30, he was confident that the stock's value would rise. He just wasn't counting on it moving this quickly. Tribune shares surged 4.2...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Family, Chicago Real Estate, Prices, Tribune Company
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Tribune chief not retreating
Tribune staff reportersWhen Tribune Co. Chief Executive Dennis FitzSimons made the decision in late May to move ahead with a restructuring plan vehemently opposed by his second-largest shareholder, he took up a fight that may end up defining his career. The private battle went...Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Companies and Corporations, Chicago Tribune, Ratings, Entertainment
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General mills has noted brands, boost from new products
Tribune Media Services columnistQ: How does the future look for my shares of General Mills Inc.? It has so many popular brands I would think it would do even better than it has. --R.L., via the Internet A: As one of North America's largest packaged-food companies, it is indeed a...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Finance, General Mills Incorporated, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Stock Options
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Given options, Tribune could rewrite script
Even those of us who haven't seen the new Vince Vaughn-Jennifer Aniston movie "The Break Up" have found it impossible to avoid hearing about it. Apparently they play a mismatched couple who own Chicago property together. With their romance on the rocks,...Tags: Stock Options, Consumer Electronics Industry, Property, Viacom Inc., Vince Vaughn
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`Key guy' in Tribune fight
Behind the public rift between the management of Tribune Co. and the Chandler family that founded Times Mirror Co., a little-known person with a big impact has become a subject of intense interest and quiet controversy. In the feud over the future of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, University of Chicago, Companies and Corporations, Finance, Colleges and Universities
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Tribune board returns the fire
Tribune Co.'s independent directors fired back at the Chandler family Thursday, accusing the super-rich California clan of putting their own financial interests head of other shareholders. In a letter signed by Tribune lead director William Osborn and...Tags: Stock Activities, Finance, Stock Options, Family, Tribune Company
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Boardroom brawl roils Tribune Co.
Tribune staff reporterThe battle for the future of Tribune Co. escalated to a new, bare-fisted level on Wednesday when the company's second-largest shareholder publicly questioned Tribune leadership and called for a breakup of one of America's most storied newspaper...Tags: PepsiCo Inc., Finance, Family, Television Industry, Tribune Company
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