R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and British American Tobacco PLC on Monday agreed to merge their American tobacco businesses, uniting the nation's second and third largest tobacco companies in an effort to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — F. Ross Johnson, the former RJR Nabisco CEO depicted as the epitome of corporate greed in the best-selling book and movie "Barbarians at the Gate," has died. He was 85. The ...

The subtitle of “Barbarians at the Gate,” the brilliant account of the takeover of RJR Nabisco in 1988, is “The Downfall of RJR Nabisco.” In fact, it has taken more than a decade for a formal ...

A Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must pay $102 million to settle a lawsuit between the state of Florida and four tobacco companies dating back to 1995. RJR argued ...

The latest decision in RJR vs. Tatum comes out of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has previously made multiple rulings on the long-running and procedurally complicated dispute. The 4th ...

Originally, RJR wanted to sponsor one of the top teams in NASCAR, namely that of Junior Johnson. Winston and RJR had no compulsion against spending from what often seemed like an unlimited wallet.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Shares of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and British American Tobacco each closed with gains of 13 percent Tuesday after disclosing RJR's plans to buy Brown & Williamson, uniting the ...

Canadian businessman F. Ross Johnson, the former RJR Nabisco chief executive depicted as the epitome of corporate greed in the bestselling book and movie “Barbarians at the Gate,” has died. He was 85.