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To those hoping for a lift to the stock trading suspension, or a presentation of the financial results, we have bad news: both will never happen. As the WSJ reports, in September accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu resigned as its auditor, saying the firm alleged misconduct by a China Animal Healthcare employee and that the two firms disagreed on bank balances. Then in October, the company announced that local authorities in Hebei province revoked some of its production permits and manufacturing certificates over local safety and environmental concerns. They also asked that the company relocate some facilities away from residential...

9/11 Commission Wants Atta Claims Pursued Click to enlarge WASHINGTON -- Members of the Sept. 11 commission want to know whether defense intelligence officials knew four of the hijackers were part of an al-Qaida cell but failed to tell law enforcement. Lee Hamilton, co-chairman of the now-disbanded commission, said Tuesday that members of the panel could issue a statement by the end of the week after reviewing claims that officials had identified ringleader Mohamed Atta and three other hijackers. "The 9/11 commission did not learn of any U.S. government knowledge prior to 9/11 of surveillance of Mohamed Atta or of...