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...Shan, the giant panda born to much fanfare at Washington's National Zoo on July...
...Numbers 3,000 Estimated number of giant pandas left in the wild, according to a new study 1,000 Previous estimate of the giant panda population. The latest study, which relies on DNA testing of panda droppings, has eased fears over the animals' possible extinction...
...back above 30% for the first time since the bank bailout. Elkann has been working hand in hand with IFIL chairman, Gianluigi Gabetti, 81, among Agnelli's closest confidantes. The pair picked Marchionne, the man largely responsible for the car company turnaround. Besides launching two successful new models, the Panda and Grande Punto, and streamlining management, Marchionne personally negotiated the deal that forced General Motors to pay out $2 billion to Fiat to free itself from a put option in the companies' 2000 joint-operating accord that could have forced the U.S. automaker to buy the Turin company outright...
...RELEASED. Xiang Xiang, 4, 83-kg giant panda; into the wild, marking the first time a panda bred in captivity was freed; in a forest in Sichuan province, China, as a swath of bamboo shoots, the animal's favorite food, were starting to sprout. Xiang Xiang was reared at China's Wolong Giant Panda Research Center. Wolong officials, who spent three years training Xiang Xiang to fend for himself and will continue to monitor the panda with a satellite tracking system, said the event was a key step in boosting the population of the endangered species, which now numbers about...
RELEASED. Xiang Xiang, 4, 176-lb. giant panda; into the wild, marking the first time a member of this endangered species has been bred in captivity and freed; in a forest in Sichuan province, China, as bamboo shoots, the animal's favorite food, were starting to sprout. Officials at Wolong Giant Panda Research Center will monitor Xiang Xiang with a satellite tracking system...