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BAT-Reynolds: Big Tobacco living up to its name

British American Tobacco has agreed a $49.4 billion takeover of U.S. rival Reynolds American Inc, creating the world's biggest listed tobacco company after it nudged up an earlier offer by more than $2 billion. Ivor Bennett reports