Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp

Headquarters location: 200 Brown & Williamson Tower, 401 S. Fourth St. Louisville, KY 40202 Tel. 502-568-7000 Job offers, investor relations: www.bw.com

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« ETHICAL » RATING OF BROWN_WILLIAMSON_TOBACCO , group Reynolds American and subsidiaries [click on the images below or on help for more information] 32% Job: 32% of company's jobs cut since 1998 1 Delinquency: 1 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency 9 Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 9 offshore financial center(s) 177 Top management: earns 177 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year) 5 Influence: 5 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying 2 Advertising & marketing: 2 dubious practice(s) Full profile >>>
Relevance: business & market share year business source 2004 Brown & Williamson sells 10,5% of the cigarettes smoked in the United-States. AFP 2003 Brown & Williamson sells 10% of the cigarette market in the United-States Les Echos Brown Williamson Tobacco is managed by year name photo position; compensation source 2003Ivey, Susan M Chief Executive Officer; Highest paid executives in 2007 Advertising & marketing year dubious practice : image source 2002 Disinformation: PR campaign with Tarrance Group: public relations: T PR Watch 2002 Disinformation: PR campaign with Weber Shandwick: public relations: W PR Watch 1980 Disinformation: PR campaign with Ketchum PR: public relations: K PR Watch Dubious practices in 2007

Environmental impact year country : consequences source 2003 United States of America : Accused in a new wave of product-liability lawsuits of lying about the health effects of "light" cigarettes Bloomberg Pollutions in 2007 Influence year purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution source 1998 Legislation favorable to company's interests : Direct donation : amount: 24900 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate AP 1998 Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 351 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate Center for. Influence in 2007 Financials year financial misdemeanor sales source 2002   3.57   billion US$ 2002 Antitrust violations, companies rigged bids at tobacco auctions and conspired to undermine the federal support system: will buy at least 55 million pounds of U.S. tobacco leaf each year over the next decade, and will pay $23 million to the growers.     AP 2001   3.5   billion US$ 2000   4.5   billion US$ 1999   5.42   billion US$ 1998   4.54   billion US$ Financial delinquency in 2007

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