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**FILE** A Smithfield ham is seen Sept. 6, 2011, at a grocery store in Richardson, Texas. (Associated Press)

Smithfield CEO defends sale of pork producer to Chinese firm

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Employees work at a Shuanghui International pork processing plant in Henan province. The sale of Smithfield Foods to China's Shuanghui International is under scrutiny in Washington because of national security concerns about a Chinese company owning an important U.S. food producer.

Senate panel to examine Smithfield sale to Chinese company

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan 6, 2004, Chinese men share a newspaper outside a Bank of China branch in Guangzhou, southeastern China Guangdong province. One of China's biggest banks said Tuesday, May 7, 2013, that it has halted business with the Foreign Trade Bank of North Korea. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

U.S. government shows a new openness to buyers from China

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

RPM’s No. 43 returning to traditional “Petty Blue”

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press