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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 2008
Page
1
The Markets WEDNESDAY rounds up Virginia Lottery pick 3 and pick 4 numbers for both night and midday draws, Cash 5, Win For Life, and daily games with winning sequences. It notes Powerball results, Rolling Cash Five, West Virginia Daily 3 and 4, D.C. bets, and the Dow Jones Industrials as background market context.
The document notes a full business report is published on Page D1 today with financial highlights and company performance data. Details are available in the broader Page D1 coverage.
Today's quote from C. Larry Pope highlights a major step in Smithfield's strategy to grow its global packaged meats presence. He notes complimentary manufacturing and marketing platforms creating value and synergies as the deal with the Spanish meat maker advances.
A historical note records on December 18 that Queen Elizabeth I provided aid to Scotland. It also mentions Thomas Paine’s 1792 trial in England in abstentia over Rights of Man. The timeline marks 1865 abolishing slavery in the United States and Lugard’s Uganda occupation in 1890. It notes Chiang Kai Suk’s 1927 overthrow of Hankow and Hitler’s 1940 directive for a Soviet invasion, with Operation Barbarossa launched in 1941.
Readers are directed to the top left link on the Daily News-Record site for color prints and enlargements of photographs. A second option appears via printroom com pro dnrontine under the dated “gallery” heading for access.
President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate former SEC commissioner Mary Schapiro to head the agency and nominate GOP Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois as transportation secretary, according to Democratic officials. Officials spoke on condition of anonymity.
Amid economic downturn, beef consumption declines and Kansas reports 2.23 million cattle as of November 1, down 8 percent from the prior year per Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service.
British Prime Minister announced on Wednesday that Britain will pull its about 4,000 troops from Iraq by the end of May. The decision shifts pressure to the United States to deploy more forces to protect supply lines to the larger American army in the Shiite south.
MILWAUKEE AP General Mills gained market share in Cheerios and Yoplait as prices stayed higher. ConAgra faced a volume slip in the second quarter ending Nov 23 due to aggressive pricing. Both beat estimates and expect full year targets, with new Banana Nut Cheerios and ConAgra frozen meals to launch while resisting price cuts.
In Algeria OPEC announced its largest ever production cut of 2.2 million barrels per day to prop up prices, but crude futures slipped to about $40 a barrel the lowest in over four years while gasoline near $1.65 a gallon. Analysts warn the move may only modestly slow declines, with projections of higher prices by Memorial Day.
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An AP access reveals U S military counter drug patrols over the Caribbean aboard an AWACS jet. The crew tracked a Venezuelan offshoot plane amid strict rules and secrecy while pursuing smugglers in a transit zone that carries about 30 percent of U S bound cocaine. The mission, starting near Curaçao, tested high tech surveillance and mid air refueling as analysts weighed how often smugglers evade capture.
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