The market was clearly impressed how management is coping with the company's challenging situation.On Thursday, good news from one of the market's favorite "sin stocks" drove its share price up by almost 8%. This lucky company was Altria (MO 7.84%); the cigarette maker's latest quarterly earnings report was received most favorably by market players. The stock's pop on the day was in market contrast to the 1.9% slump of the benchmark S&P 500 index.Slight increases and modest beatsThat morning, Altria release ...