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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Smithfield Foods Inc. may be worth less as a whole than its separate parts, according to an activist investor asking the Virginia pork giant this week to reconsider its recent $4.7 billion sale to a Chinese meat producer. Last month, Shuanghui International Holdings agreed to pay $4.7 billion, sans debt, for the full Smithfield package. The Hong Kong company offered $34 a share. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Leaders of eight of the world’s wealthiest nations sought elusive progress on lowering trans-Atlantic trade barriers and pushing the warring factions in Syria towards the negotiating table as the G8 summit opened yesterday amid high security in peaceful Northern Ireland. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading US-EU trade pact, Syria top agenda as G8 chiefs convene in Belfast
By Tom Sykes, on June 17th, 2013 After pics emerged on Sunday showing art billionaire Charles Saatchi apparently choking his celebrity-chef wife, Nigella fled her house with a suitcase. Tom Sykes on the rumors that Saatchi has finally flipped.
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By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> “At around 1420 hrs today (1320 GMT) an EgyptAir aircraft flying from Cairo to New York was diverted to Prestwick Airport after a suspicious note was discovered on the aircraft,” said a statement from Police Scotland. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The crackdown came just two hours after Erdogan issued an ultimatum to protesters to leave Gezi Park, the epicentre of nationwide protests, ahead of a rally of his ruling party in the city on Sunday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Turkey police storm protest camp in Gezi park after Erdogan ultimatum
By By JAMES GORMAN, on June 16th, 2013 Wild chimpanzees have been listed as endangered since 1990, but a new proposal covers all chimps, including nearly 2,000 captive in the United States today.
Continue reading Goal of Broader Protection for Chimpanzees Emerges From Changing Perspectives
By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Thirty companies producing preserved eggs have been closed by authorities in Jiangxi province after a media exposé that toxic chemicals were used to speed up production, the country’s latest food-safety scandal. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain has stepped up efforts to let India join an influential global body controlling nuclear exports, a move that would boost New Delhi’s standing as an atomic power but which has faced resistance from China and other countries. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> At least 25 people were killed in troubled southwest Pakistan yesterday when militants blew up a bus carrying women students and attacked a hospital treating survivors. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The breakthrough, which came after 13 hours of tense talks, should enable Britain to hail the start of the transatlantic trade discussions when the leaders of the Group of Eight rich countries hold a summit meeting tomorrow in Northern Ireland. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading EU deal to protect film, TV, sets the stage for transatlantic trade pact
By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Deep in Mormon country, thousands of labourers have worked for two years to build a US$1.7 billion facility that will provide a new home for the NSA’s exponentially expanding information store. Sited on an unused swath of a National Guard base, by September it will employ about 200 technicians, span 93,000 square metres and use 65 megawatts of power. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading NSA’s information behemoth to swallow a library a minute
By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Ten bedridden terminal cancer patients lie in the dimly lit, quiet hospice ward at the Jingan Temple Community Hospital in Shanghai. Most are cared for by auxiliary workers, who look after a few at a time. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Shanghai’s hospice wards offer terminal patients a better last stop
By By JOHN M. BRODER and SCOTT SHANE, on June 15th, 2013 From Edward J. Snowden’s friends and his own voluminous Web postings emerges a portrait of a talented young man who did not finish high school but bragged online that employers “fight over me.”
Continue reading For Snowden, a Life of Ambition, Despite the Drifting
By By ASHLEY PARKER, on June 14th, 2013 With his border security plan, Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, has emerged as the most polarizing figure on the issue.
Continue reading In Senate, an Immigration Bill Savior or Saboteur?
By By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN, on June 14th, 2013 Five women who say they were prevented from being promoted in the Emergency Medical Service have settled a lawsuit for more than $1.25 million.
Continue reading Women Settle Gender Bias Lawsuit Against Fire Dept.
By , on June 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The central government has taken further steps to curb air pollution, with fresh measures outlined at a cabinet meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang yesterday. The State Council announced 10 new measures to fight air pollution in urban areas. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A menu at a conservative political fundraiser likens a dish to Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s intimate anatomy. A radio host asks her on-air if her partner is gay. Mud-slinging is nothing new in politics, but a no-holds-barred election campaign in Australia is plumbing depths seldom seen. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading New low in Australian discourse as radio DJ asks Gillard is partner gay
By By STEVEN YACCINO, on June 14th, 2013 The city’s emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, said sacrifices “from Wall Street and Main Street’ were necessary to save Detroit.
Continue reading Detroit’s Creditors Asked to Accept Pennies on the Dollar
By , on June 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Puffing on slim metal tubes loaded with pale yellow liquid, two London businessmen say they have between their lips a cure for what the UN calls “one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced”. Electronic cigarettes are the future, they argue. Cheaper, cleaner and cooler than smoking, “vaping” – using a vaporiser to inhale nicotine infused with exotic flavours ranging from pina colada to bubblegum – will spell the end of tobacco. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading No smoke, plenty of fire fuels e-cigarettes
By , on June 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Turkish protest leaders held emergency talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan overnight after demonstrators rejected his “last warning” to evacuate an Istanbul park at the centre of mass anti-government demos. With tensions mounting, Taksim Solidarity representatives travelled to the capital Ankara for late-night talks with Erdogan, their first since the unrest began. Local television showed around a dozen members entering the premier’s residence. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Smithfield Foods could do better than Chinese deal, investor says
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Smithfield Foods Inc. may be worth less as a whole than its separate parts, according to an activist investor asking the Virginia pork giant this week to reconsider its recent $4.7 billion sale to a Chinese meat producer. Last month, Shuanghui International Holdings agreed to pay $4.7 billion, sans debt, for the full Smithfield package. The Hong Kong company offered $34 a share. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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