Nov 18th, 2008 · For decades, tobacco companies advertised on TV, radio, billboards and magazine pages. When the 1998 tobacco settlement put an end to that, they began targeting smokers online and in person. Now the industry spends twice as much on marketing as it did 10 years ago.
Nov 17th, 2008 · The 1998 tobacco case was the largest civil settlement in U.S. history, and it had far-reaching implications for states and tobacco companies. Ten years later, one of the major players in the case is governor of Washington, while another is in a Kentucky prison.
Nov 17th, 2008 · Some states, like Washington, have funded anti-smoking campaigns, significantly lowering smoking rates in the last 10 years. But overall, states have only spent 5 percent of the $246 billion settlement on tobacco prevention programs.
Nov 14th, 2008 · Ten years ago this week, the states reached a $246 billion settlement with tobacco companies. A decade later, even though smoking rates have fallen, smoking is still the No. 1 preventable cause of death in the U.S.
Oct 28th, 2008 · Boeing and its machinists union have reached a tentative four-year settlement to end a strike that has shut down the company's commercial airplane operations since early September.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · Violence between Palestinian and Jewish settlers in the West Bank threatens the authority of the Israeli state, says Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Retaliatory skirmishes always peak around the time of the olive harvest, but violence is particularly bad this year.
Oct 6th, 2008 · The bank has come to an $8.4 billion settlement, which will rewrite 400,000 former Countrywide customers' mortgages, in an effort to keep them in their homes. We explore who is eligible and the implications of the settlement.
Sep 23rd, 2008 · Thanks to a settlement over allegations that TransUnion Corp. improperly sold consumers' personal data, you can now take advantage of their credit monitoring services at no cost.