Keyword: Ellen Kullman

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Dow-DuPont Merger Could Take Longer

04.03.2016 - Despite recent reports of progress in aligning production segments and geographic locations, the merger of Dow and DuPont may not take shape as fast as the future partners...

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DuPont Reorganizes, Completes Neoprene Sale

03.11.2015 - DuPont’s interim CEO Edward Breen, who took the helm following the resignation of long-time CEO Ellen Kullman in mid-October, has lost no time in streamlining the chemical giant’s...

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DuPont May Sell its Own Agricultural Business

28.10.2015 - Just as analysts were talking up an acquisition by DuPont of the agricultural business US rival Dow Chemical may put up for sale, the company’s interim CEO, Edward Breen, appears...

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Dow’s Mooted Ag Sale Sparks Speculation

27.10.2015 - Chemical market watchers are looking especially intensely at the agriculture sector in the wake of the failed takeover of Switzerland’s giant, Syngenta, by US giant Monsanto. As...

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Five Spotlighted as Possible DuPont CEO

26.10.2015 - DuPont is said to be looking outside the company for a new chief executive to replace Ellen Kullman, who resigned with effect from Oct. 16. The chemical giant’s directors...

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DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman Resigns

07.10.2015 - Just months after splitting off its Performance Chemicals business into a new company, Chemours, in part due to pressure from an activist investor, DuPont could be headed for a...

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Global Chemicals Markets Still Volatile and Challenging

04.09.2015 - Around the globe, market conditions for chemical industry players remained volatile and challenging, corporate chieftains said unanimously in reporting on the second quarter and...

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DuPont Wins Battle With Activist Shareholder

15.05.2015 - DuPont has emerged bloody but apparently unbowed from its battle with activist shareholder Nelson Peltz and his $11 billion hedge fund Trian Fund Management, which owns an...