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The Holy Grail: In 1909 Honus Wagner discovered that the American Tobacco Company had issued this baseball card without his permission.
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The card is in short supply because Wagner made the American Tobacco Company recall it when he discovered it had made the card without his permission.
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The 1909 card, manufactured by The American Tobacco Company, owes its value to the Pittsburgh Pirate himself who was arguably the greatest shortstop in baseball history.
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Spokesmen for Reynolds American, parent company of RJ Reynolds, and UK company British American Tobacco said each would now be appealing the judge's decision.
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Japan Tobacco, which ranks at No. 312 on Forbes list of the world's 2, 000 largest public companies, is already the third-largest tobacco company, behind Philip Morris and British American Tobacco (BAT).
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Japan Tobacco, which ranks at No. 312 on Forbes list of the world's 2, 000 largest public companies, is already the third-largest tobacco company, behind Philip Morris and British American Tobacco (amex: BTI - news - people ) (BAT).
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The company faces stiff competition from rivals like British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco.
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Reynolds Tobacco Company (which eventually became a wholly owned subsidiary of Reynolds American, Inc.) and invented the packaged cigarette.
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