Odd alliance for new tobacco

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Vector Tobacco, which is a subsidiary of Miami, Fla.-based Vector Group Ltd., has formed an alliance with Amish farmers in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County to grow tobacco that will be used for the production of nicotine-free cigarettes. The tobacco will be grown from genetically modified seeds.

Diversified Companies, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Plant Genetics, Tobacco farms, Tobacco, Tobacco Farming, Cigarettes, Cigarette Manufacturing, Vector Group Ltd., BGL, Vector Tobacco

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Rohm and Haas issues new earnings warning

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Philadelphia, Penn.-based Rohm and Haas Co. has issued a profit warning about its fourth-quarter earnings report. Rohm and Haas, which manufactures specialty chemicals, has been hurt by increasing energy costs and declining sales.

Sales, profits & dividends, Chemicals & Allied Products, Chemical Manufacturing, CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, Chemicals, Rohm and Haas Co., ROH

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Centorcor drug stands to gain from a rival's success

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Centocor's (Malvern, PA) rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade is positioned to gain from market leader Enbrel's new production policy. Immunex said it will take no new orders for Enbrel after 12/31/00.

Marketing procedures, Medical Instruments and Supplies, Laboratory Apparatus and Furniture Manufacturing, Clinical Lab Equipment, Biomedical laboratory equipment, Centocor Inc., CNTO

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