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LONDON, November 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- More than half a million records of the Capital's freemen and sisters online today - Ancestry.co.uk - Antiquated British trades revealed in newly digitised records, including 'scriveners', 'vintners', 'turners' and 'tallow-chandlers' - Collection features freeman from all over Britain, wanting to trade in London - Famous names include Rudyard Kipling, Benjamin Disraeli and Robert Peel...

Invasive tree afflicting Gulf Coast was not brought to US by Ben FranklinThe DNA evidence is in, and Ben Franklin didn't do it.Genetic tests on more than 1,000 Chinese tallow trees from the United States and China show the famed U.S. statesman did not import the tallow trees that are overrunning thousands of acres of U.S. coastal prairie from Florida to East Texas."It's widely known that Franklin introduced tallow trees to the U.S. in the late 1700s," said Rice University biologist...

THAILAND'S PTT Chemical Public Co Ltd has bought a stake in Cognis Oleochemicals Sdn Bhd, making it the new partner for Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd. It bought a 50 per cent stake from Germany's Cognis for US$164 million (RM531.36 million), valuing Cognis Oleochemicals at US$328 million (RM1.06 billion). The company will operate under the same name until a new name has been established, PTT Chemical and Sime Darby said in a statement released in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. "The strategic...