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Monday, August 19, 2002 VOLUME 2 ISSUE 160  

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TOBACCO
Hawaiian Retailers Skip Taxes
Did retailers lie about tobacco sales?

TECHNOLOGY
viaLink Makes Executive Changes
Bob Noe to takeover as president
PETROLEUM
Oil Jumps to Three-Month High
Doubts arise on OPEC output hike
Citgo Refinery Slated for Maintenance
Shutdown process to begin Sept. 27
FOODSERVICE
Grocery Chain Gets into Fine Dining
Wegmans opens up Tastings restaurant

Hawaiian Retailers Skip Taxes
Did retailers lie about tobacco sales?

HONOLULU -- The attorney general for Hawaii said his state was being ripped off to the tune of more than $20 million a year by local tobacco retailers who allegedly smuggled in cigarettes or lied about sales to avoid taxes, a local TV station reports.

Until the state started requiring tax stamps on cigarette packs, the state had no idea how many black-market cigarettes were being sold. Local KITV reports that now authorities know and they realize they were being taken advantage of. "The numbers are so astronomical that you know that there was no compliance before," Attorney General Earl Anzai said.

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Coke's Red Can Gets a Makeover
Packaging to take on traditional look

ATLANTA -- Coca-Cola’s famous red can is getting a new look, The Wall Street Journal reports. The change goes into effect worldwide in 2003.

The new label and can will still be red, and the basic packages will remain the same. But the company is abandoning a "splash graphic" design that it has used since the beginning of 2000 and returning to a more traditional look.

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