While no one tracks reverse mergers, a half-dozen companies from the Middle Kingdom--ranging from health care products to manufacturers of power-steering assemblies (see table, p. 44)--havecompleted them since last year.

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The table was a country type, made of half-planed boards, like the ties under railroad tracks.

NEWYORKER: Heirs

Castres regained the lead when McIntyre's drop sailed over, although the visitors had Ibrahim Diarra to thank for their three-point half-time advantage when a huge hit from the French flanker stopped a flying Geraghty in his tracks.

BBC: Northampton 18-14 Castres

The team analyzed data on loudness, pitch and timbre from just under half a million tracks spanning 55 years, finding the average volume of recordings has increased in that time -- said to be the doing of record labels so songs stand out amongst other radio noise.

ENGADGET: Researchers prove your grandmother right, modern music is louder and all the same