21.06.2011
- Swiss group Syngenta said on Tuesday its sales of key crops could double to $17 billion after 2015 and flagged second quarter sales that were robust despite poor weather conditions...
21.06.2011
- German potash miner K+S will sell its garden fertilizer unit Compo to the European private equity investor Triton, K+S announced late on Monday. The deal, which gives Compo an...
21.06.2011
- Anglo-Swedish drug company AstraZeneca is in final talks to sell its Swedish healthcare and dental business Astra Tech to Dentsply International in a deal that could value the...
21.06.2011
- A federal appeals court rejected Merck & Co's bid for a new trial to obtain $472.9 million of federal income tax refunds that the drugmaker believes it deserves. The 3rd U.S...
21.06.2011
- The U.N. nuclear chief proposed international safety checks on reactors worldwide to help prevent any repeat of Japan's atomic crisis, a plan which may face resistance from nations...
21.06.2011
- One of Michelin's three managing partners is set to leave the French tire maker as part of a shake-up under incoming Chief Executive Jean-Dominique Senard, newspaper Le Monde...
21.06.2011
- A U.S. court on Friday denied a motion by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries for summary judgment in the Copaxone patent infringement lawsuit it has brought against Mylan Inc. Teva is...
21.06.2011
- Japan's economy will suffer major damage if it reduces output from nuclear power stations to zero in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, its trade minister said on Monday. Routine...
21.06.2011
- Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom is looking to participate in gas power generation projects in Germany after a decision on phasing out nuclear energy, export chief Alexander...
21.06.2011
- Exxon Mobil will delay the start-up of its 1 million tons-per-year (tpy) ethylene cracker on Jurong Island in Singapore into next year instead of the end of 2011 due to longer-than...
