Keyword: Agrochemistry

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Agrium Fires Back at Jana's Plan to Split Company

28.01.2013 - Canadian fertilizer company Agrium will not split its wholesale and retail divisions as its biggest shareholder, Jana Partners, wants because doing so would "destroy value" for...

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Informex USA 2013

24.01.2013 - The Informex USA, to be held Feb. 19-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center promises to offer its expected 4,000+ attendees a direct view of what is happening in the varied chemical...

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Dow's Controversial New GMO Corn Delayed Amid Protests

18.01.2013 - A controversial new biotech corn developed by Dow AgroSciences, a unit of Dow Chemical, will be delayed at least another year as the company awaits regulatory approval amid...

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Syngenta, Bayer Pesticides Pose Honeybee Threat

17.01.2013 - Three widely-used pesticides made by Switzerland's Syngenta and Germany's Bayer pose an acute risk to honeybees, the European Union's food safety watchdog said on Wednesday, but...

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Monsanto Raises Outlook as Profit Beats Expectations

08.01.2013 - Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, raised its earnings outlook for fiscal 2013 on Tuesday and delivered surprisingly strong first-quarter results, citing growth in Latin...

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BASF Completes Acquisition of Becker Underwood

29.11.2012 - BASF has completed the acquisition of Becker Underwood from Norwest Equity Partners, a U.S.-based private equity investment company, for a purchase price of $1.02 billion (€785...

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Chemical Companies are Continuing to Seek Growth Opportunities

20.11.2012 - Mergers & Acquisitions - Almost 35% of chemicals M&A transactions currently involve Asia or the Middle East. With this forecast to increase, a wider group of buyers are evaluating...

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Nomad Bioscience, Bayer Cropscience to Enter into Strategic Partnership

29.10.2012 - Nomad Bioscience, a plant biotechnology company, has announced that the company has entered into a strategic joint research and development agreement with Bayer CropScience...