Smoke rings
26 March 2007
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Private equity groups normally stay out of tobacco bidding wars. They don t have the synergies that allow trade bidders to pay top whack. In Altadis’ case, piling on extra debt might help them beat Imperial Tobacco s initial bid. But it may not be enough to win the day.
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