Business Services Industry
Senate Leaders Say Tobacco Deal Is at 'Make or Break' Point.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 1998
By Mark Curriden, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
WASHINGTON--Feb. 27--Senate leaders say the debate over the proposed $368.5 billion tobacco settlement has boiled down to one issue: How much protection from lawsuits will Congress give to cigarette makers in return for the industry's voluntary help in reducing teenage smoking?
On Thursday, Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees indicated they are close to agreeing on a trade-off and are ready to pass a comprehensive tobacco bill in spring.
However, Republican leaders warned that President Clinton must agree to the limitations on the tobacco industry's civil liability before the legislation is formally drafted....
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
