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ArcelorMittal has halved production and is offering voluntary redundancy to 9,000 of its 315,000 staff around the world. ArcelorMittal's chief executive, Lakshmi Mittal, said the cuts were a "temporary suspension of production in view of the market conditions". "Customers have stopped buying steel and are using up their current inventory," he told shareholders. "There is absolutely no point continuing to produce what we know we cannot sell." (The Guardian)

The burden of proof (Latin: onus probandi) is the imperative on a party in a trial to produce the evidence that will shift the conclusion away from the default position to one's own position. (Wikipedia)

A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. The term usually refers to a company that does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies to form a corporate group. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow the ownership and control of a number of different companies. (Wikipedia)

Agricultural land is typically land devoted to agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other forms of life – particularly the rearing of livestock and production of crops – to produce food for humans. (Wikipedia)