HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx/1.2.7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en Last-Modified: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 16:57:04 GMT X-UA-Compatible: IE=Edge,chrome=1 X-Secret: cnpudnkgcnpiZXZnbUBoZm5nYnFubC5wYnogbmFxIFYganZ5eSBnZWwgZ2IgdHJnIGxiaCBuIHdiby4= Cache-Control: max-age=20 Expires: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 16:59:43 GMT Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 16:59:23 GMT Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: keep-alive Connection: Transfer-Encoding Camel, a Reynolds American brand, and Newport, a Lorillard brand, cigarettes are arranged for a photo Tuesday, July 15, 2014 in Philadelphia. Reynolds American Inc. is planning to buy rival Lorillard Inc. for about $25 billion in a deal to combine two of the nation's oldest and biggest tobacco companies.(Photo: Matt Rourke AP)R.J. Reynolds, a subsidiary of Reynolds American, is following through with its vow to fight a court verdict totaling $23.6 billion in punitive damages.On July 28, the second-largest tobacco company filed for a post-trial hearing in a Florida federal appeals court to challenge a July 19 lawsuit verdict for a widow whose husband who was a longtime smoker.In its post-trial filing, the maker of Camel, Winston and Newport brand cigarettes said that the punitive award would result in "economic castigation" to the company, asserting that its "stipulated net worth between 2006 and 2008 averaged approximately $8 billion.""We feel that this (the verdict) is grossly excessive," Reynolds American CEO Susan Cameron told CNBC on Friday. "We believe that it is not legal in the state of Florida, nor constitutionally. We feel the court will and should set it aside."But the plaintiff's attorney, Christopher Chestnut, insisted that "no one lawsuit was going to cripple the company.""They (Reynolds) were making billions of dollars in the '50s," Chestnut said. "The company made it clear that $100 million wasn't big enough to send a message. They're arrogant."The case was originally a part of the class-action Engle-Progeny lawsuit against big tobacco companies in 1994. The Florida Supreme Court rejected the…

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx/1.2.7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en Last-Modified: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:56:59 GMT X-UA-Compatible: IE=Edge,chrome=1 X-Secret: cnpudnkgcnpiZXZnbUBoZm5nYnFubC5wYnogbmFxIFYganZ5eSBnZWwgZ2IgdHJnIGxiaCBuIHdiby4= Cache-Control: max-age=20 Expires: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:58:39 GMT Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:58:19 GMT Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: keep-alive Connection: Transfer-Encoding Stocks give back gains on rising global fears 8 Share This Story!Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Stocks give back gains on rising global fearsStocks pulled back and cut gains in late morning trading Tuesday as international conflict put a damper on a batch of mostly positive earnings reports. Post to Facebook Try Another Audio CAPTCHA Image CAPTCHA Help {# #} CancelSendSent!A link has been sent to your friend's email address.Posted!A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Add Videos or PhotosBe first to contributeSign in now to share your story.Sign in with FacebookSign in with Google+Be first to contribute Verifying your credentials... Please wait. Uh oh! We're experiencing a few technical issues. Try again Post to Facebook Try Another Audio CAPTCHA Image CAPTCHA Help {# #} CancelSendSent!A link has been sent to your friend's email address. David Carrig, USA TODAY 12:05 p.m. EDT July 29, 2014Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.(Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images)Stocks cut earlier gains and were mostly lower at midday Tuesday as international conflicts put a damper on a batch of mostly positive earnings reports.Investors fear the global economic effects of tougher European Union sanctions against Russia as the EU joins the U.S. in punishing Russia for its involvement in the downed Malaysia Airline plane that killed 298 people.Increased violence in Gaza as Israel continued its campaign against Hamas added to investor unease.In earlier trading, the Dow Jones industrial average rose back above the 17,000 level before retreating and…

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: nginx/1.2.7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en Last-Modified: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:53:04 GMT X-UA-Compatible: IE=Edge,chrome=1 X-Secret: cnpudnkgcnpiZXZnbUBoZm5nYnFubC5wYnogbmFxIFYganZ5eSBnZWwgZ2IgdHJnIGxiaCBuIHdiby4= Cache-Control: max-age=20 Expires: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:55:47 GMT Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:55:27 GMT Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: keep-alive Connection: Transfer-Encoding File photo shows the Canary Wharf headquarters of Barclays Bank in London, England.(Photo: Oli Scarff - Getty Images)NEW YORK – Barclays filed a legal motion Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit that accused the British banking giant of fraud for operating a so-called dark pool trading venue that allegedly favored predatory high-frequency traders over other investors.The bank argued that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman lacked legal authority to file the lawsuit, and contended that the case, filed last month, "fails to identify any fraud — establishing no material misstatements, no identified victims and no actual harm.""Barclays works closely with its regulators in all jurisdictions and will continue to cooperate with the New York Attorney General," bank spokesman Mark Lane said in a statement after the New York Supreme Court was filed in Manhattan. "However, we do not believe that this suit is justified, and we have a duty to our shareholders, clients and staff to defend our position."Schneiderman spokesman Damien LaVera said the lawsuit "clearly details the allegations that Barclays engaged in a persistent pattern of fraud and deceit, lying to its investors in order to grow its own dark pool.""We are confident that a judge will reject this motion and allow us to prove these disturbing allegations in court," said LaVera.Barclays shares were up 1.49% at $14.66 in early afternoon trading Thursday.The legal salvos center on the June 25 lawsuit[1] in which Schneiderman targeted the Barclays LX dark pool — one of numerous private electronic venues away from traditional stock exchanges where the size and…