04.08.2010
- Pharmaceutical firm Teva may go ahead with its €3.7 billion takeover of German generic drugmaker Ratiopharm if the companies divest products in the Netherlands and Hungary, the...
04.08.2010
- Sanofi-Aventis has grabbed the headlines with its $18.4 billion bid for Genzyme, but the French drugmaker may be wiser to stick with smaller, bolt-on acquisitions. Sanofi is trying...
03.08.2010
- Praxair reported Q2 net income and diluted earnings per share of $371 million and $1.19, respectively, both up 24% from the prior-year quarter. Second-quarter sales were $2,527...
03.08.2010
- BASF has initiated a number of capital investment projects to enhance the company's manufacturing operations for copper-chrome catalysts at its production sites in Erie, Pa., and...
02.08.2010
- Air Liquide has announced solid growth in both revenue, up 9.7%, and net profit, up 13.3% versus H1 2009. The company was able to significantly improve its operating margin: up...
02.08.2010
- Chances are, every big pharmaceutical company is running the numbers and weighing the pros and cons of acquiring Genzyme. French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis is poised to make a bid...
29.07.2010
- Turning Point - Business is finally looking up for Clariant; the Swiss-based specialty chemicals company posted an 18% increase in sales in local currencies for Q2 2010 over 2009...
29.07.2010
- In a further improving business environment, BASF has achieved a leap in earnings. The company said its recent portfolio measures are paying off and the earnings strength of the...
29.07.2010
- Belgium's Solvay, seeking acquisitions, rode rising plastics volumes to a 143% jump in quarterly operating profit from its plastics and chemicals units and said it expected...
29.07.2010
- Industrial gas supplier Praxair Inc said on Wednesday that second-quarter profit jumped 24% as sales increased around the world, especially to electronics and metals customers. Net...
