Lorillard Inc. (LO) reported results for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 with earnings of $1.44 per share. Although earnings were below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.52, they were up 4.3% year over year. Net sales for the quarter (including the excise tax) increased 26.1% year over year, primarily driven by the increase in federal excise taxes. However, excluding the excise tax, sales for the quarter increased only 1.8% to $953 million as the benefit of higher average prices were partially offset by lower volumes. For the quarter, total wholesale shipment volume declined 6.3% to 9.458 billion units, while total domestic industry wholesale shipments declined approximately 12.6%. The company’s domestic wholesale shipments decreased 6.1%, reflecting the impact of the 62-cent increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes. Newport’s domestic wholesale shipments declined 9.8%, while Maverick's domestic shipments increased 51.9% during the quarter. However, ...

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Atlas Oil and Gas, Inc. (OTCBB:AOLG), which focuses on the potential for major exploration and production reclamation projects in the oil and gas sector, today received approval from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to change its corporate name to Cheyenne Resources Corp., and its trading symbol to CYRS on the

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Right now investors are fleeing safe-haven assets like U.S. Treasuries and the dollar. And they’re putting the capital back to work in the riskiest of investments - emerging markets and IPOs.

Hard to believe. But here’s the proof…

In the first week of May, $4 billion found its way back into emerging markets funds - the eighth-largest weekly inflow on record, according to Merrill Lynch. And year-to-date the FTSE Renaissance IPO Composite Index is up 17.5%, torching the impressive 7.3% run-up by the Nasdaq.

If you ask me, that’s pretty convincing: Our appetite for risk is back. And the current rally could very well continue.

Of course, I know some of you feel otherwise. You’re afraid of a George Costanza shrinkage incident and would rather tiptoe back into equities. If that’s the case, let me share some information about the stock Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO), because I’m convinced it will head

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Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO): Five Reasons This Stock Will Smoke The Markets

by Louis Basenese, Advisory Panelist Senior Analyst, The Oxford Club

Right now investors are fleeing safe-haven assets like U.S. Treasuries and the dollar. And they’re putting the capital back to work in the riskiest of investments - emerging markets and IPOs.

Hard to believe. But here’s the proof…

In the first week of May, $4 billion found its way back into emerging markets funds - the eighth-largest weekly inflow on record, according to Merrill Lynch. And year-to-date the FTSE Renaissance IPO Composite Index is up 17.5%, torching the impressive 7.3% run-up by the Nasdaq.

If you ask me, that’s pretty convincing: Our appetite for risk is back. And the current rally could very well continue.

Of course, I know some of you feel otherwise. You’re afraid of a George Costanza shrinkage incident and would rather tiptoe back into equities.

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div style=”text-align: justify;”Citigroup is out with a cautious call on span style=”font-weight: bold;”Lorillard (NYSE:LO)/span noting Rep. Waxman has said he will, in a few weeks, reintroduce a Bill to ensure the domestic tobacco industry is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. Citi expects this Bill to be similar to the Bill he sponsored in the House last year. Given the Democratic control of Congress and White House, they expect the Bill to pass.br /br /span style=”font-weight: bold;”Most significant for LO /span— span style=”color: rgb(255, 0, 0);”The Bill is likely to leave open the possibility of a ban on menthol. Bearing in mind Lorillard (LO) makes more than 97% of its EBIT from menthol-flavored Newport, this is potentially a big issue and is certainly likely to create volatility/span. However, they don’t believe that it is practical to ban menthol, which currently makes up about 29% of the US cigarette market.br …

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