British American Tobacco chief tops up stake

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Nicando Durante, Chief Executive of British American Tobacco, has topped up his share in the FTSE 100-listed firm.

The announcement comes just one day after Credit Suisse identified the firm as being one of several which met a "new gold standard", saying they offered "better value and greater safety than sovereign debt".

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