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Even before President Barack Obama officially proposed a federal cigarette tax increase to fund preschool programs, tobacco companies and sellers lined up against it while anti-smoking groups praised the plan.
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A group of Columbia University students accused of selling drugs on the Ivy League school’s New York campus rejected plea deals offered by prosecutors at a court hearing in state Supreme Court.
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A Columbia University student accused of running an on-campus drug dealing operation pleaded guilty to selling cocaine to an undercover officer.
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Harrison David, one of five Columbia University students arrested on drug charges in December, was sentenced to six months in jail and five years of probation yesterday.
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Stuart Ross, accused of trying to extort money from his son-in-law, Blackstone Group LP Senior Managing Director David Blitzer , told a New York state judge he wants to represent himself at his trial.
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Adelphia Communications Corp. was illegally coerced through the use of commercial loans by Citigroup Inc. , Credit Suisse Group AG and other banks trying to get lucrative investment banking work, a lawyer seeking recovery for the defunct cable television company’s creditors said.
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The trial of Jerome Kerviel, beginning more than two years after Societe Generale SA accused him of losing 4.9 billion euros ($5.8 billion) on unauthorized market bets, may turn on whether the trader can show the bank knew what he was doing.
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Harrison David, one of five Columbia University students arrested on drug charges in December, was sentenced to six months in jail and five years of probation.
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Australia will become the first country to require cigarettes to be sold in uniform packages after its top court rejected a challenge from tobacco companies, setting a precedent for other nations to follow.
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Lorillard Inc. , trying to stop the U.S. government from outlawing its Newport cigarettes, will tell a Food and Drug Administration panel tomorrow that banning the mint flavor will create a black market for menthol brands.
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