The 37-year-old has not started a game this season, his first with the Jets, catching 13 passes for 115 yards in a reserve role.

* Emergent criticised in Oakland Institute report this yearBy Laurence FletcherLONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - David Murrin and Susan Payne, the UK-based husband and wife hedge fund team accused by one U.S. thinktank of fuelling and exploiting a global commodity crisis, are to split the two businesses they founded together after agreeing to separate.Murrin, a former oil company geologist well known in the hedge fund industry for his outspoken geopolitical views, has taken sole ownership and become CEO of London-based Emergent Asset Management, a spokesman said on Wednesday.Meanwhile, Canadian Payne, a former Goldman Sachs banker, has quit as Emergent’s CEO and become UK-based executive chairman of South Africa-based Emvest, which will continue to run the African Agriland fund — a portfolio that has courted some controversy for its investments in African farmland.”They’ve had an amicable separation … and they’ve decided to divide up the businesses,” a spokesman said.The company has declined to say how much money it manages, although it said in January that Agriland was the largest agricultural fund in Africa.The separation follows news of the high-profile divorce of Pierre Lagrange, star manager at GLG, part of Man Group .This summer Emergent came in for criticism from California-based thinktank the Oakland Institute over the Agriland fund, which aims for returns of 25 percent a year from land price appreciation, and food and biofuel production.In a June report entitled “Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa”, Oakland — which said Emergent has close to $540 million invested in African land deals — said the hedge fund firm was engaged in a “quest for control of global food markets”.It added that Murrin and Payne “have played leading roles in creating the commodity crises they are presently exploiting through funds such as the African Agriland Fund”.In a statement emailed to Reuters, Emvest said Oakland had “misrepresented … the reality of much agricultural land development in Africa.”Our focus concerns increasing food production involving commercial farms and smallholders alike, uplifting communities through, for example, the provision of employment, access to agricultural support for improved crop production, access to markets for small scale farmers, access to clean water, and various facilities and health care.”Murrin, who has stepped down from the board of Emvest, plans to unveil new directors and new projects for Emergent, the spokesman said, although he declined to give further details.Emergent’s investments are driven by Murrin’s views as outlined in his book “Breaking the Code of History”, which focuses on his theory of historical cycles.One prediction included “armed conflict” as China expands and the United States’ power declines.Earlier this year he outlined plans for funds based on six trends he believes will define the coming decades: the rise of a multipolar world, increased commodity rivalry, increased polarisation and a “move to war”, growing military spending, a rising tide of epidemics and climate change.Payne confirmed her new role but declined to give detailed comments.Meanwhile Emergent director Alfred Vinton, who owned 5 percent of the firm, has left the firm.

“What I would like to see is where the administration is. Clearly they’ve got concerns as well,” Cantor, the number two in the Republican-controlled House, told reporters.Last week, House Speaker John Boehner warned that the legislation was “dangerous” and could start a trade war.Passage of the bill would create a dilemma for Obama, whose re-election prospects next year could hinge on whether voters believe he is doing enough to create American jobs.If he signed the bill, there could be a powerful backlash from China; if he vetoed it, he could pay a political price — particularly in battleground industrial states like Ohio and Michigan.The Democratically-led Senate is expected to pass the bill by a wide bipartisan margin, putting pressure on House leaders to take up the popular bill or accept blame for its demise.Cantor’s comments appeared intended to make sure the White House shares responsibility for the fate of the bill.”I think all of us are very concerned about the competitiveness of our manufacturers in this country and the unfair practices by China and others,” Cantor said.Many economists say China holds down the value of its yuan currency to give its exporters an edge in global markets.”UNDERVALUED” YUANSome U.S. lawmakers contend the yuan is undervalued by as much as 25 percent to 40 percent, making it hard for American products to compete on price with Chinese-made goods.A key provision of the bill would require the Commerce Department to consider whether undervalued currencies act as an effective export subsidy that justify the United States applying countervailing duties in response.Obama, who has preferred dialogue with China to punitive measures, last week said China was “gaming” the international trade system.But he has not taken a formal position on the bill and cautioned that it must be compatible with World Trade Organization rules. Obama has not said how the legislation might run afoul of World Trade Organization rules.Senator Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, told Reuters he intended to vote for the currency legislation, even though he preferred the Obama administration lead a multilateral effort to pressure China to revalue the yuan.”I have some concerns about the legislation, which I’ve expressed … But I think it’s time to send a strong message,” said Portman, a former top U.S. trade official whose home state is the same as Boehner’s.”This is an opportunity to raise the visibility of the issue and to encourage the administration to address it more vigorously,” Portman said.