Company: Philip Morris International

GENEVA (Reuters) - The tobacco industry is providing legal advice to Ukraine and Honduras in their challenges to Australia's new tobacco packaging rules at the World Trade Organization, Australian Health Secretary Jane Halton said on Tuesday.

Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc. said Tuesday that it has resolved a tax dispute with the IRS and is revising its full-year earnings forecast to reflect the agreement.

This time of year, shareholders bombard corporations with suggestions about executive pay, governance and other arcana. But once in a while, an idea comes along that truly stands out.

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

Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc. said Monday that its chief financial officer, Hermann Waldemer, plans to retire in July.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission has turned to a former prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing trial to help run its antitrust investigation of Google Inc, escalating the stakes in the months-long probe into whether the Internet giant promotes search results that favor its business.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission has turned to a high-profile outside attorney to help run its antitrust investigation into whether Google Inc promotes search results that favor its business.

Australia's government has lambasted British and American Tobacco <BATS.L> for using the image of a kangaroo on packets of cigarettes sold in Europe, ramping up hostilities ahead of a legal battle over plain-packaging laws.

Does the market seem almost schizophrenic to you? One day euphoria sends stocks surging, then the very next day fear sends investors running for the exits. Sick of it? We are, too.