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Nestlé fails to understand temporary delisting request - - Vevey, Switzerland - - * The quality and safety of its products is a non-negotiable priority for Nestlé - * Nestlé immediately complied ... [WebWire - Thursday, October 02, 2008]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced today it has created a specialized training program to address the current melamine crisis in China. The program will be available in... [WebWire - Thursday, October 02, 2008]

IBS Australia is sponsoring the upcoming Gartner Symposium ITxPo, held from 11-14th november at the Sydney Exhibition & Convention Centre, and will present at one of the Solution Provider Sessions. As... [WebWire - Thursday, October 02, 2008]

McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) - The agricultural subsidiary of Evergreen International Aviation in McMinnville is seeking a 30-acre annexation to develop a hotel and water park near its aviation museum.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - U.S. farmers and ranchers, already feeling the crunch from rising costs for fuel and other production needs, may have a tougher time getting loans they need next year because of the national credit crisis, agriculture officials said.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - The Dominican Republic is shipping sugar to the European Union under a new economic partnership that officials say could eventually triple the country's sugar exports.

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) With food shortages, political and economic insecurity and poppy production on the rise in Afghanistan, one nonprofit organization announced a commitment at last week's Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to redouble its program to improve incomes for Afghan farmers via commercially viable orchard, woodlot and nursery businesses.

WICHITA, KS (MARKET WIRE) Recent weeks have shown an increasing amount of panic over the state of the U.S. economy and some prominent examples of how even large ethanol producers can run into serious trouble when the markets turn.

Monsanto said Thursday it completed the sale of its bovine growth hormone brand and business to Eli Lilly for $300 million. (MON)

LAKE FOREST, CA (MARKET WIRE) CryoPort, Inc. (OTCBB: CYRX) today announced that it has begun a program to ship frozen samples from the U.S. to India for DuPont Crop Protection.