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UBS ups UST to buy, sees benefit from Marlboro Snus


6:18:01 AM ET 6/11/2007

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- UST (UST) was upgraded to buy from neutral at UBS, with the broker saying the new Altria (MO) product Marlboro Snus is positive because it will to increased awareness of snus and the overlap between snus and moist smokeless tobacco is low

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"gut shot" !!

U.S. top court rules against Philip Morris
Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:12 AM ET

WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, a unit of Altria Group Inc. <MO.N>, should not be decided in federal court, handing a defeat to the tobacco company.

The justices unanimously reversed a ruling that allowed Philip Morris to transfer the lawsuit to federal court from the Arkansas state court where it initially was filed.