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The 50 highest-paid CEOs for 2011, according to an Associated Press analysis of Standard & Poor's 500 companies.

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SABMiller, the world's second-largest brewer, has reported a 75 percent increase in full-year profit led by strong growth in Latin America and Africa.

Altria Group Inc. said Wednesday it is testing in Virginia a smokeless product that contains nicotine but no actual tobacco.

NEW YORK May 23, 2012--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that the ratings and outlook on Richmond, Va.-based Altria Group Inc.

NEW YORK May 23, 2012--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that the ratings and outlook on Richmond, Va.-based Altria Group Inc.

State police are investigating a deadly shooting involving a Farmville police officer.

Altria Group Inc. said Tuesday that it had resolved a tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over the company's Philip Morris Capital Corp.

Altria Group Inc. said it reached a settlement with the Internal Revenue Service over certain leveraged lease transactions, in which it will pay $500 million in federal and state income taxes and interest.Altria, the parent of tobacco company Philip Morris, also raised its full-year earnings guidance by 3 cents to $2.28 to $2.34 a share, as the IRS ... (more)

Altria Group Inc. is moving into uncharted territory: the tobacco-less nicotine product.

Apple won state approval Thursday for a 20-megawatt solar farm, the biggest proposed in North Carolina, near its data center in Maiden.

Manufacturing activity contracted in the mid-Atlantic region in May for the first time in eight months.

This time of year, shareholders bombard corporations with suggestions about executive pay, governance and other arcana.

Fitch ratings agency has downgraded crisis-hit Greece by one notch to CCC, citing the "heightened risk" that the country may be forced to abandon the euro currency union.

Outgoing Altria Group CEO Michael Szymanczyk finished his final shareholder meeting much the same way as his first - fielding attacks against the nation's largest tobacco company.

Stock futures are falling, with unease about Europe overshadowing what is expected to be another positive U.S. employment report and also some big numbers from the world's largest retailer.

Outgoing Altria Group CEO Michael Szymanczyk finished his final shareholder meeting much the same way as his first - fielding attacks against the nation's largest tobacco company.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Outgoing Altria Group CEO Michael Szymanczyk finished his final shareholder meeting much the same way as his first - fielding attacks against the nation's largest tobacco company.

Foreclosure activity in the Richmond area fell nearly 48 percent in April from the same month a year ago, according to a report being released this morning by a foreclosure listing firm.

Visa, Inc. : Deutsche Bank believes recent concerns around Visa's Q2 results have created a buying opportunity.