07.06.2010
- Wacker Chemie said it will acquire Norwegian Fesil Group's silicon-metal production site in Holla (near Trondheim. The two companies signed a purchase agreement to this effect on...
07.06.2010
- BP faces another difficult week of tough questions from investors and U.S. lawmakers despite making progress in capturing an increasing amount of oil spewing from a ruptured Gulf...
07.06.2010
- Haggling over liabilities is holding up an otherwise done deal between BASF and the private equity owners of Cognis, several sources told Reuters. Talks over the sale of the...
07.06.2010
- Spanish healthcare company Grifols is close to a deal to buy Talecris Biotherapeutics, which produces plasma-based protein therapies, sources close to the proposed transaction said...
07.06.2010
- Maersk Oil, part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk shipping and oil group, has agreed to buy a 20% stake in an exploration licence in the Norwegian Sea from Winthershall, Maersk said on...
07.06.2010
- The world's largest generic drug maker, Teva, last week asked a U.S. court to resolve a dispute over its unexpectedly swift introduction to the U.S. of a generic version of Bayer's...
07.06.2010
- A University of California chemistry and biology professor whose research is applied widely in biotechnology became the first woman to win the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize for...
02.06.2010
- Dow Corning has announced European investments in innovation and solar energy. The investment of up to $13 million will include two new buildings, with construction expected to...
02.06.2010
- Teva has brought a generic version of Bayer's YAZ birth control pill to U.S. markets earlier than the drugmakers had previously agreed, prompting Bayer to file a law suit. Israel's...
02.06.2010
- BP started sawing extraneous pipes on Tuesday at the seabed site of its latest attempt to corral oil leaking from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico. Moving past its failed "top...
