The short sellers' favourite short seller, Jim Chanos packs more punch than the $US6 billion in funds he oversees.
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September 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Smithfield Foods Starboard Value: Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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September 20 - Hedge Funds, News - Comments
For America's biggest pork farmer, Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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September 9 - News - Comments
Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) is the largest meat producer in the world. Based on that fact alone, the company will always see demand.
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September 6 - News - Comments
Apparently, it's no longer the U.S. government that Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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September 6 - News - Comments
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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September 5 - News - Comments
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD), The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
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September 4 - Hedge Funds - Comments
To the average investor, there are many gauges shareholders can use to track Mr. Market. A duo of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading activity.
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September 3 - News - Comments
Top beef producer Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) has decided to stop buying cattle that are fed the growth additive Zilmax, produced by Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK).
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August 29 - News - Comments
Like a pebble rolling downhill and starting an avalanche, the decision by Tyson Foods, Inc.
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August 28 - News - Comments
In the financial world, there are dozens of gauges shareholders can use to track the equity markets. A pair of the most underrated are hedge fund and insider trading interest.
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August 26 - News - Comments
Now, according to many of your peers, hedge funds are perceived as bloated, old investment vehicles of a period lost to current times.
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August 26 - News - Comments
In the financial world, there are many methods shareholders can use to analyze the equity markets. Some of the most underrated are hedge fund and insider trading interest.
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August 25 - News - Comments
Tyson Foods, Inc.
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August 2 - News - Comments
Earlier this year, the world's largest pork producer, Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD), received an appealing buyout offer from a China-based meat processor-- Shuanghui The ...
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July 18 - News - Comments
Paula Deen has seen her future earnings prospects dim after her admission of using a racial slur. She lost her show.
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July 15 - News - Comments
Have you been eating more chicken lately? If so, you’re going along with a U.S. trend.
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July 11 - News - Comments
Earlier this month, Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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July 5 - News - Comments
However you feel about celebrity chef Paula Deen, it's hard to ignore the impact one person has on the business world.
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July 5 - News - Comments
In terms of per capita meat consumption the United States ranks second in the world, Americans consume meat at a rate over three times the global average.
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July 1 - News - Comments
Everyone's former favorite Meemaw, Paula Deen, is seeing her cooking empire crumble as six of the companies she either endorses or is involved with have dropped her: Wal-Mart ...
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July 1 - News - Comments
Virginia-based pork producer Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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June 20 - News - Comments
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD), salesforce.com, inc.
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June 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is likely going to walk away from the proxy battle that he started at PC manufacturing company, Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL).
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June 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Sure, I know what some of you may be thinking, 'What's this guy doing foraging in the refrigerator of the Meat Products industry in the Consumer Goods sector when he could be ...
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June 14 - News - Comments
As American consumers fret over the implications of the deal, retail investors and seasoned traders alike are lining up to play the planned merger between China's state-run Shanghui...
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June 12 - News - Comments
Recently, Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) has received a merger offer of $34 per share from the Hong Kong-based holding company, Shuanghui International Holdings.
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June 7 - News - Comments
For starters, mortgage rates are starting to creep higher. The 30-year rate is closing in on 4%, making it the highest level in a year.
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June 7 - News - Comments
Shuanghui International has just created an opportunity for Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) to rapidly grow its sales in the coming years. Smithfield, the world’s largest...
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June 7 - News - Comments
In one of the more surprising deals in some time, pork producer Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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June 6 - News - Comments
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is the platform that can lead to lots of sharing.
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June 6 - News - Comments
With the news last week that Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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June 6 - News - Comments
In the eyes of most investors, hedge funds are assumed to be slow, outdated financial tools of years past.
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May 29 - News - Comments
Though its stock is up around 40% from a 2012 low, Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) may have to navigate some near-term headwinds before making another move higher.
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May 28 - News - Comments
Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) is the largest meat processor in the U.S., working with chicken, pork, and beef.
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May 14 - News - Comments
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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April 16 - News - Comments
There is increasing pressure on Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) from Continental Grain, one of its biggest shareholders.
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March 19 - News - Comments
Last year felt like Armageddon in the farming industry. One of the worst droughts ever in U.S.
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February 21 - News - Comments
The worst drought in more than 50 years in the US Midwest has affected the entire meat industry.
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February 12 - News - Comments
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) – Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) is one of the best performers in the Dow Jones Industrial Average this morning, with shares trading up 3.8...
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December 5 - News - Comments
Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) – Shares in the provider of packaged bakery products are up nearly 7% this morning at $23.86 as of 11:35 a.m.
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November 19 - News - Comments