You haven't been keeping up with the shoddy way they treat the people who bought their legal product all these years to make them what they are today. Now they want to bite off the hands that fed it.
What shoddy way they treat their customers?
Philip Morris Companies Inc. said its 2002 earnings will grow between 3 percent and 5 percent, which is significantly below analysts expectations, sending its shares swooning in after-hours trading.
Maybe now is a good time to buy some of their stock. :)