www.chinaview.cn 2008-07-02
BEIJING, July 2 -- COFCO Ltd, China's largest national agricultural trading and food processing company, will buy a 4.95 percent stake in Smithfield Foods Inc, the largest pork producer in the US, mainly because it wishes to acquire the technology and management skills of the US company. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/02/content_8473015.htm