Stall holders and porters wait for early morning customers in Smithfield Market, Britain’s largest wholesale meat market, London, on Feb. 12, 1936. (AP Photo, File) An aerial view of Smithfield Market ...

Smithfield means ‘smooth field’ and, though the Romans called it by a different name, they recognised that this green expanse was too useful to be covered in houses.

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods was valued at $7.7 billion after its shares fell 3.2% on Tuesday, in a muted debut that might prompt other IPO candidates to tread cautiously. The lukewarm ...

ahead of a market debut that will see the company return to a U.S. exchange after more than a decade. The offering was priced at $20 per share, Smithfield said, below the $23-$27 per share range ...