Smithfield (Virginia, United States)

Type: City

Name: Smithfield (Virginia, United States)

Country: United States

Latitude: 36.982399

Longitude: -76.631104

population: 6,966

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Office Depot Inc

Big investor urges Smithfield breakup over buyout Reuters

A sign advertising Smithfield hams hangs at the Taste of Smithfield restaurant and gourmet market in Smithfield, Virginia May 30, 2013. REUTERS/Rich-Joseph Facun (Reuters) - Starboard Value LP revealed a major stake in Smithfield Foods Inc on Monday and ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Smithfield (Virginia, United States), Starboard (Nottingham), Buyout, DSP Group Inc, Office Depot Inc

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Smithfield Foods Inc

Smithfield Foods could do better than Chinese deal, investor says

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 ... [Published Los Angeles Times - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Smithfield (Virginia, United States), Starboard (Nottingham), Smithfield Foods Inc

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Shuanghui purchase of Smithfield may face obstacles from local law

BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The biggest planned purchase in the United States by a Chinese company has raised concerns that local state laws may complicate the deal. Shuanghui International’s 4.7 billion dollar takeover bid of U.S. pork giant Smithfield ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Smithfield (Virginia, United States), Smithfield Foods Inc, Agriculture, National Security

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Élan Corporation plc

Evening Business News digest

_ Starboard says Smithfield sale undervaluedOne of Smithfield Foods Inc.s largest shareholders says a $4.72 billion takeover bid from Chinas largest meat producer falls short of what the company would be worth if sold off piece by piece. In a letter to ... [Published Delaware Online - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Élan Corporation plc, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Orchards (United States), Johnson & Johnson, SodaStream International Ltd

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Cargill Inc

You Won't Believe What Pork Producers Do to Pregnant Pigs

Illustration: Rick Sealock Like a lot of food-obsessed people, I love pork. The chef David Chang, whose Manhattan restaurant Momofuku is practically a porcine temple, once declared the pig a " mystical, magical animal ." In addition to being delicious, ... [Published MoJo Articles | Mother Jones - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Smithfield (Virginia, United States), Cargill Inc, Pregnancy, Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Hormel

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Drug shift, global markets sealed Smithfield-China pork deal (Video)

WASHINGTON – U.S. feed subsidies, spotty inspections and a decision to scale back use of a controversial drug made Smithfield Foods an enticing buy for Chinese pork producer, Shuanghui International.Reversing the usual pattern of importing work and exporting ... [Published Examiner.com - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Smithfield (Virginia, United States), Ractopamine, United States, China

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

US Department of Agriculture

Business briefs: American consumer sentiment ebbs in June after May's burst of optimism

American consumer sentiment ebbs in June after May's burst of optimismAfter hitting the highest level in almost six years in May, the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters’s consumer-sentiment index slipped to a preliminary June reading of 82.7 from ... [Published Memphis Commercial Appeal - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Consumer Sentiment, Wheat, Smithfield (Virginia, United States), US Department of Agriculture

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 2 reports

Smithfield Foods Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

You are here: Home >> SPi World News >> World Market Sector NewsSMITHFIELD, Va., June 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) today reported fiscal 2013 fourth quarter and full year results, with its Pork segment delivering ... [Published SPi World News - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Smithfield (Virginia, United States), Smithfield Foods Inc, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Mergers & Acquisitions

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

All Change for Leading Global Processors

ANALYSIS - As the repercussions of the takeover of Smithfield Foods by the Chinese giant Shuanghui still resound across the US and across the China Sea, further consolidation of the meat processing industry was seen this week with the acquisition of Marfrig’s ... [Published The Meat Site - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Smithfield (Virginia, United States), Seara (Brazil), Marfrig Alimentos SA

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

USA - The China syndrome

American grumblings about their geopolitical rival are not about power, but other thingsTO THE ham-lovers of Smithfield, Virginia, it is American weakness that explains why Chinese tycoons may soon own the giant pork producer that dominates their home ... [Published Meat Trade News Daily - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: China, Smithfield (Virginia, United States), Carter Williams, Smithfield Foods Inc

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Guebert: Reasons to smile over the Smithfield purchase

Here are 10 reasons for American farmers and ranchers to be thrilled by Shuanghui International Holding Inc.’s proposed $4.7-billion purchase of Smithfield Foods, Inc.No. 10: The U.S. gets back some of the dollars held by China.While $4.7 billion is chicken ... [Published Manitoba Cooperator - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Smithfield (Virginia, United States), United States, China, Buyout

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 2 reports

The Buying of America

SMITHFIELD, VIRGINIA (WUSA9) -- The pending sale of an iconic Virginia pork producer to a Chinese company has sparked an interesting debate: Is China buying too much of America?The numbers last year alone point to a major Chinese shopping spree. Andrea ... [Published WUSA 9 - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Smithfield (Virginia, United States), Andrea McCarren, Peter Morici, China

Quotes

...Starboard said it believes there are numerous interested parties for each of the company's divisions and that it "is looking to identify and engage in discussions with any third parties who may be interested in acquiring any of Smithfield's operating units."

Big investor urges Smithfield breakup over buyout Reuters [Published Yahoo! Finance - 11 hours ago]

...Confederate armies passed through the village during the war, and the “Battle of Smithfield” was fought in and around the village in August of 1864. "This is an area rich in history and historic homes. The area is steeped in history from pre-revolutionary war times through the civil war. History buffs and lovers of old homes will find many places of interest in our area" said Patsy Williamson, managing broker of ’s Winchester, Va. location

Prudential PenFed Realty Lists Home in Historical District of Middleway in Jefferson County West ... [Published PRWeb - 15 hours ago]

...hold about a seventh of the breeding sows in the United States—the HSUS documented sows repeatedly biting the bars of their cage, sometimes until "blood from their mouths coated the fronts of their crates." The company fired three employees as a result of the HSUS's findings

You Won't Believe What Pork Producers Do to Pregnant Pigs [Published MoJo Articles | Mother Jones - 18 hours ago]

"The Obama administration clearly has a public policy of open arms — it’s hard for me to believe there are going to be many speed bumps in this transaction, especially a week before President Xi Jinping’s summit here (June 6)" Michael Wessel, a member of the U S China Economic and Security Review Commission, told the Wall Street Journal

Drug shift, global markets sealed Smithfield-China pork deal (Video) [Published Examiner.com - Jun 15 2013]

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Shuanghui purchase of Smithfield may face obsta... [Published Xinhua News Agency - 2 hours ago]
Evening Business News digest [Published Delaware Online - 5 hours ago]
Big investor urges Smithfield breakup over buyo... [Published Yahoo! Finance - 11 hours ago]
Smithfield Foods could do better than Chinese d... [Published Los Angeles Times - 12 hours ago]
Prudential PenFed Realty Lists Home in Historic... [Published PRWeb - 15 hours ago]
You Won't Believe What Pork Producers Do to Pre... [Published MoJo Articles \| Mother Jones - 18 hours ago]
Drug shift, global markets sealed Smithfield-Ch... [Published Examiner.com - Jun 15 2013]
Business briefs: American consumer sentiment eb... [Published Memphis Commercial Appeal - Jun 15 2013]
Smithfield Foods Reports Fourth Quarter and Ful... [Published SPi World News - Jun 14 2013]
FRESH & LOCAL: Chinese conglomerate agrees to b... [Published Daily Progress - Jun 14 2013]
Outdoors? Make regular checks for ticks [Published Individual.com - Jun 13 2013]
All Change for Leading Global Processors [Published The Meat Site - Jun 13 2013]
Address to New Zealand National Fieldays [Published Beehive.govt.nz - Jun 13 2013]
USA - The China syndrome [Published Meat Trade News Daily - Jun 13 2013]
Guebert: Reasons to smile over the Smithfield p... [Published Manitoba Cooperator - Jun 12 2013]
The Buying of America [Published WUSA 9 - Jun 12 2013]
Smithfield-Shuanghui Deal Hits Snags [Published The Pig Site - Jun 11 2013]
Exclusive - Smithfield deal may face state hurd... [Published Big News Network - Jun 09 2013]
Capitol Hill, CFIUS Probing Chinese Purchase of... [Published NewsMax.com - Jun 09 2013]
Here's what St. Lucie County schools superinten... [Published TCPalm - Jun 09 2013]
Bipartisan concern grows on Capitol Hill about ... [Published FOXNews.com - Jun 08 2013]
Top reasons to love China’s purchase of Smithfield [Published Muscatine Journal - Jun 08 2013]
It's time for politics and pork ... or is that... [Published HamptonRoads.com - Jun 08 2013]
Chinese investment has benefits and costs for c... [Published HeraldNet - Jun 07 2013]
At US-China summit, trust is the issue [Published Christian Science Monitor - Jun 07 2013]
Jolley: Five Minutes with Smithfield’s new Chin... [Published CattleNetwork.com - Jun 07 2013]
Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD): A Match Made in H... [Published InsiderMonkey.com - Jun 07 2013]
Hamming It Up. [Published Inside Futures - Jun 07 2013]
On the Edge; Berry caution confusion; 599 Thai ... [Published Sonoma Index-Tribune - Jun 07 2013]

Blogs

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Chinese Meat Firm With Terrible Food Safety Rec... [Published Think Progress - May 31 2013] Smithfield pigs (Credit: Karen Kasmauski/Science Faction/Corbis) Two global meat giants with shady food safety histories are planning to merge in hopes of becoming the most powerful meat producer in the world. Smithfield Foods, the largest pork ...
I Feel Like A Number [Published The Moderate Voice - Feb 04 2013] To workers I’m just another drone To Ma Bell I’m just another phone I’m just another statistic on a sheet To teachers I’m just another child To IRS I’m just another file I’m just another consensus on the street … ~ Bob Seger I have ...
A Bean Soup Recipe, With Bonus Country Ham Talk... [Published In the Pipeline - Jan 01 2013] I haven't put up any recipes during this break, so I thought I'd get moving on that a bit. Today I'm making a simple one - it's over across the kitchen from me as I write. It's a bean soup that my father often made for New Year's Day, as sort of a counter ...

Press Releases

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Horses Helping Heroes Project Receives $6,000 G... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Mar 29 2013]