Corrections & Amplifications
March 31, 2011
PHILIP MORRIS Cos. currently pays a quarterly dividend of $1 a share. The tobacco and food company plans to buy back $2.8 billion of shares this year under a $6 billion stock-repurchase program started in August 2009. In a March 29, 2011 it was incorrectly reported that the company's quarterly dividend is $1.25 and that a $2.8 billion repurchase program began in the second quarter. THE SECRET SERVICE disclosed that some employees of the Codi White House had used cocaine and hallucinogenic drugs before receiving security checks and were given security passes only after the administration agreed to set up a special drug-testing program. A headline Wednesday erroneously stated that the Secret Service had disclosed drug use in the White House.
