By Chris Flores, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Jan. 31--Altria's announcement Wednesday that it would spin off its Philip Morris International cigarette business into a separate Switzerland-based firm has implications for the company's York County operation.

By JOHN REID BLACKWELL The next big step for the nation's top cigarette company is cigars. Altria Group Inc., the parent company of Philip Morris USA, is adding a cigar maker to its U.S. holdings as it prepares to spin off its international cigarette business.

By John Reid Blackwell, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Nov. 2--The next big step for the nation's top cigarette company is cigars. Altria Group Inc., the parent company of Philip Morris USA, is adding a cigar maker to its U.S. holdings as it prepares to spin off its international cigarette business.

By David Wilson Altria Group's plan to spin off its Philip Morris International tobacco unit poses a dilemma for the guardians of the Dow Jones industrial average.

Altria Group plans to spin off its Philip Morris International tobacco unit, a move designed to give the overseas maker of Marlboros and other cigarette brands more freedom to pursue sales growth in emerging markets.