27.08.2010
- Swiss drugmaker Novartis is pushing ahead with its contentious buyout of Alcon minority shareholders after completing its acquisition of stock from Nestle to get control of the U.S...
27.08.2010
- The European Union's top climate official proposed on Wednesday new limits on the use of carbon offsets from industrial gas projects, under fire by green groups, in the EU's...
27.08.2010
- Tarak Mehta, the global head of ABB's transformers business, has been appointed to ABB's executive committee as head of the low voltage products division as of Oct. 1. He replaces...
27.08.2010
- Royal DSM, the global life sciences and materials sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, today announces the following: Karin Dorrepaal (1961) will join DSM as senior...
26.08.2010
- Sanofi-Aventis shareholders L'oreal and Total worry that the French drugmaker will pay too much for U.S. biotech company Genzyme and are not convinced it is the best fit, bankers...
26.08.2010
- Indian energy major Reliance Industries, controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, is close to inking a deal with hedge fund D.E. Shaw to launch a $700 million to $800 million...
26.08.2010
- Switzerland's Glencore International, the mining and commodities trading giant, said on Thursday first half net income jumped 42%, spurred by a sharp rise in metal prices. Revenues...
26.08.2010
- Oil India plans to buy shale gas assets in the U.S. and Australia, and has shortlisted seven investment banks to explore acquisition opportunities, senior officials said on...
26.08.2010
- Sanofi-Aventis is not willing to pay more than $70 per share for U.S. biotech Genzyme and may look at alternative targets, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar...
26.08.2010
- Specialty chemicals group Lanxess is taking part in the 3rd Euchems chemistry congress, the largest of its kind in Europe, which is being held in Nuremberg from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2...
