28.03.2012
- A group of U.S. family farmers said on Wednesday it is appealing its lawsuit against Monsanto to challenge the company's patents on technologies for genetically modified seeds. The...
28.03.2012
- China's top offshore oil producer CNOOC posted a 29% rise in 2011 net profit on Wednesday, matching forecasts, on soaring crude oil prices. Unlike peers PetroChina and China...
28.03.2012
- Shares of Amylin Pharmaceuticals rose as much as 51% on Wednesday after Bloomberg News reported the company rejected a $3.5 billion unsolicited takeover bid from Bristol-Myers...
28.03.2012
- Russia's third-largest oil producer TNK-BP said it has prepared a plan to increase power generation to cover the bulk of what it needs, partly to limit the single largest cost on...
28.03.2012
- The cosmetic industry's increasing need for natural-based products has led producers and suppliers of cosmetic ingredients to respond. For instance, Clariant will launch three new...
28.03.2012
- Fertilizer and specialty chemical maker Israel Chemicals (ICL) is expected to face a challenging year due to weaker markets for crop nutrient potash in Europe and India, after it...
27.03.2012
- Hydrofluoric acid (HF) leaked from an alkylation unit at BP's 406,570-barrels-per-day refinery in Texas City, Texas on Tuesday morning, triggering alarms in the plant and warnings...
27.03.2012
- Dow Chemical is challenging the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in a rare court case over expanding the research and development tax credit to cover the costs of supplies used to...
27.03.2012
- Illumina, a gene-mapping company facing a $5.7 billion hostile takeover bid by Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding, was sued by Columbia University on Monday for allegedly infringing...
26.03.2012
- China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec) is looking to diversify its crude oil imports, the company's chairman said, following a sharp drop in its first-quarter purchases from...
