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Smithfield shares surge as hog outlook brightens
Shares of Smithfield Foods Inc. charged to their highest level in more than a year Wednesday, stoked by upbeat analyst comments and a rising number of bankruptcy filings among rival hog producers that should help cut oversupply.
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Smithfield Foods, Toll Brothers are big movers
The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE: Macy's Inc., down $1.57 at $17.86 The department store's third-quarter loss shrunk on inventory controls and localization, while it raised its full-year outlook.
Stocks on the move: Nucryst, Sigma Designs, Smithfield, Webster
Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading this morning.
Town urged to help business community
By Jim Tuttle Smithfield Times Staff Writer There is an effort underway to - revitalize' Smithfield's Main Street, but some business owners south of Cypress Creek said their part of town has long been neglected.
Bulls Buy Cephalon, WebMD:Options Recap
Utility AES sees spate of call selling : The electric utility has been dead money for the last three months, and now one investor may be throwing in the towel.
Shuttered factories pose big challenges for communities
Loading... 1 of 2 Smithfield Foodsa 413,000-square-foot food packing facility, which will close soon.
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CNU food drive nets more than 10 tons of food for the needy
For eight hours Wednesday, Christopher Newport University students, staff and administrators stuffed cardboard boxes with food in front of the Ferguson Center for the Arts .
Hampton Roads, Virginia, news, sports...
CNU food drive for the Foodbank starts Wednesday
Christopher Newport University launches a 10-hour food drive for the Peninsula Foodbank Wednesday with a multi-ton donation of ham from Smithfield Foods .
Closures Sting, but Region Hasn't Lost Manufacturing Base
Nov. 1--The International Paper mill outside Franklin -- gone by next spring, shredding 1,100 jobs.
Closures sting, but region hasn't lost manufacturing base
Loading... 1 of 2 Stihl Inc. employee Jocelyn Hull works with a tray of housings at the factory in Virginia Beach Friday.
Smithfield: Not Living So High on the Hog
It's flu season again - bad news for Smithfield Foods , the world's largest producer of pork.
U.S., China talk nice on trade, pork ban lifted
China pledged to lift its ban on U.S. pork on Thursday and the United States took a step toward easing restrictions on chicken imports as the two superpowers agreed to tackle a series of trade irritants.
As Isle of Wight faces the loss of jobs and tax base at International ...
The bad news dropped like a boulder on Isle of Wight County: The International Paper plant in Franklin will close, a casualty of falling demand.
How can NAACP miss mark by so much?
How is it possible that the NAACP is so obviously on the wrong side of so many issues? Hanging onea s hat with organized labor is one of those wrong-headed positions.
Franklin paper mill will close in spring
International Paper Co. is preparing to close its Franklin paper mill, leaving in its ashes a city that was built on its fortune and 1,100 workers who will lose their jobs.
Franklin paper mill to close; 1,100 to lose jobs
International Paper Corp. will close its Franklin paper mill permanently next spring and lay off 1,100 workers.
Fitch Assigns Initial 'B-' IDR to Smithfield; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings has assigned an initial Issuer Default Rating of 'B-' to Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Swine flu hits pigs -- will pork panic follow?
Filed under: Hormel Foods , Tyson Foods'A' , Smithfield Foods , Commodities Pigs at the Minnesota state fair have tested positive for the H1N1 "swine" flu virus in preliminary tests.
Farmland Foods marks a pork milestone
Kansas City-based Farmland Foods plans Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of its entry into the pork business.Once the pork products division of the cooperative giant Farmland Industries Inc., the business is now a separately operated subsidiary of Virginia-based Smithfield Foods Inc.
Beef giant JBS expects deals to pass
A day after shocking the U.S. meat industry with purchases of two big beef companies, Brazilian meat company JBS SA said Wednesday it expected U.S. authorities to approve the deals without requiring it to divest assets.
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