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D.E. Shaw throws support to Mantle Ridge in Air Products board fight By Reuters

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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hedge fund D.E. Shaw shifted course in its campaign for change at industrial gases company Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE:) and is now supporting a rival activist’s efforts instead of pressing ahead with its own board challenge, sources familiar with the matter said…