LEVIS, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - July 31, 2008.) - The Honourable Gordon O'Connor, Minister of National Revenue today announced that the federal and all provincial governments have entered into civil settlement agreements with Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd.

By MCLEAN, Glenn WHAT'S IN A NAME Section 18 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 allows the Registrar to refuse registration if: (a) it might cause offence to a reasonable person; or (b) it is unreasonably long; or (c) without justification, it is, includes, or resembles, an official title or rank.

Two major British tobacco companies are under investigation for price-fixing, and 11 store chains are involved in the probe, the Office of Fair Trading said.

Japan Tobacco, the world's third- largest traded cigarette maker, won Russian antitrust approval for its l7.5 billion, or $14 billion, takeover of Gallaher Group, the maker of Benson & Hedges cigarettes in Europe.

By SUE BAILEY OTTAWA (CP) - Round Two of an epic legal battle over the right of cigarette makers to promote their products lands in Canada's top court Monday.