The large institutional fans of the tobacco giants are focused on growth and other such fundamentals that are endearing to their bottom-line oriented hearts.

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Plus there are all those noisy, bottom-line oriented shareholders.

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The bottom line is that innovation is both a cultural and process-oriented strategy.

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