Latest Mad Cow Disease News

Fairfax Financial swallows 69 per cent of feed producer Ridley for $81M (MSN Money Canada)
Wednesday September 24th 2008, 1:39 pm

The chairman of Ridley Inc. (TSX:RCL) believes Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (TSX:FFH) bought a 69-per-cent stake in his animal feed company as an agricultural play, but he has yet to sit down with Fairfax CEO Prem Watsa to discuss the strategy going forward. [News Source]

Fairfax Financial swallows 69 per cent of feed producer Ridley for $81M (Canadian Business)
Wednesday September 24th 2008, 1:28 pm

Brenda Bouw, The Canadian Press September 24, 2008 - 1:14 p.m. [News Source]

Fairfax takes 69% of Ridley (The Globe and Mail)
Wednesday September 24th 2008, 10:08 am

Pays $82-million for control of the Winnipeg-based feed producer [News Source]

Comments on this story are moderated (Toronto Star)
Wednesday September 24th 2008, 9:57 am

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. is paying $81 million for 69 per cent of animal feed producer Ridley Inc. The deal announced Wednesday to buy out Australian parent company Ridley Corp. values its 9.5 million shares at $8.50 each. [News Source]

SKorean groups urge police not to target stroller mums (TODAYonline)
Wednesday September 24th 2008, 3:58 am

A South Korean baby covered with a national flag on an anti-US beef protest in Seoul on May 29. South Korean civic groups have urged police to stop investigating mothers who brought babies in strollers to this summer's mass demonstrations. [News Source]

SKorean groups urge police not to target stroller mums (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday September 24th 2008, 3:25 am

South Korean civic groups on Wednesday urged police to stop investigating mothers who brought babies in strollers to this summer's mass protests against US beef imports. [News Source]

Researching Medical Literature on the Internet - 2008 (LLRX.com)
Wednesday September 24th 2008, 12:26 am

The Internet is an accepted place to turn for research, and nowhere has this become more apparent than in the fields of medicine and health care. A veritable explosion of available medical information seeks to meet the needs of both professionals and the public. [News Source]