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Mark Carney: A stranger in a foreign land?
2013-07-01 00:37:41| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
What can we expect from Mr Carney?
FMD Expert Tapped to Help Shape Foreign Policy
2013-06-26 21:07:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Colorado State University Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) might sound medieval, but the highly infectious livestock disease poses such a threat to modern global economies and food security that international agencies are on high alert for any sign of an outbreak. Many livestock experts think FMD, which affects cattle, sheep and swine, is knocking at the door of the United States. Although the country has been free of the disease since 1929, experts are concerned about threat of an epidemic – like the one that struck the United Kingdom in 2001, forcing the slaughter of six million animals. read more
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Japan firm in record foreign takeover
2013-06-26 03:52:49| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Japan's SoftBank will become one of the world's largest mobile operators after shareholders in Sprint Nextel backed its revised bid for a 78% stake in the business.
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More Foreign Money Entering U.S. Meatpacking Sector
2013-06-24 12:36:12| Beef
Smithfield Foods has agreed to sell to a Chinese company. Should the deal go through, two foreign companies will own two venerable names in the meat industry. Meat Matters read more
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Tasmania hopes foreign zoo breeding program will help save devils
2013-06-24 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: About 20 Tasmanian devils will be sent to overseas zoos in an ambitious escalation of the battle against a deadly facial tumour disease that has ravaged the marsupials. The Tasmanian government has launched a pilot project that will see up to three zoos in New Zealand and two in the US take about 20 devils to be exhibited to visitors. Should the project prove successful, up to 100 devils will be dispersed to zoos across Europe, North America and Japan. The move follows the recent breeding...
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