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  2. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Wikipedia

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    served as RJR headquarters until 2008. The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) is an American tobacco manufacturing company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and headquartered at the RJR Plaza Building. Founded by R. J. Reynolds in 1875, [1] it is the largest tobacco company in the United States.

  3. RJR Nabisco - Wikipedia

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    R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was founded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1875 and changed its name to R. J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. in 1970. It became RJR Nabisco on April 25, 1986, after the company's $4.9 billion purchase, and earlier 1.9 billion stock swap, of Nabisco Brands Inc. in 1985. [5][6] On May 7, 1986, one week after the ...

  4. RJR 94 FM - Wikipedia

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    RJR 94 FM. Radio Jamaica, also known as RJR 94 FM, and formerly Real Jamaican Radio, is a broadcast company in Jamaica with headquarters in Kingston.

  5. Barbarians at the Gate - Wikipedia

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    HD2796.R57 B87 1990. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco is a 1989 book about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco, written by investigative journalists Bryan Burrough and John Helyar. The book is based upon a series of articles written by the authors for The Wall Street Journal. [1] The book was made into a 1993 made-for-TV ...

  6. R. J. Reynolds - Wikipedia

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    Richard Joshua Reynolds (July 20, 1850 – July 29, 1918) was an American businessman and founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The son of a tobacco farmer, he worked for his father and attended Emory & Henry College from 1868 to 1870, eventually graduating from Bryant & Stratton Business College in Baltimore. [2][3] He sold his share ...

  7. KKR’s ‘apprenticeship culture’ is fueling its ambitions to ...

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    Good morning. KKR became famous in the 1980s as the leveraged buy-out pioneer that acquired RJR Nabisco—a nail-biting drama chronicled in the book Barbarians at the Gate.Today it’s the world ...

  8. Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement - Wikipedia

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    The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) was entered on November 23, 1998, originally between the four largest United States tobacco companies (Philip Morris Inc., R. J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson and Lorillard – the "original participating manufacturers", referred to as the "Majors") and the attorneys general of 46 states.

  9. Reynolds American - Wikipedia

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    Reynolds American, Inc. is an American tobacco company which is a subsidiary of British American Tobacco [5] and is the second-largest tobacco company in the United States. [6] Its holdings include R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, American Snuff Company (formerly Conwood Company), Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, and Niconovum AB.