08.08.2013
- Canadian fertilizer company Agrium reported a fall in quarterly profit due to an unusually cold spring in North America, but said it expected strong demand for crop inputs for the...
08.08.2013
- Danish pharmaceuticals group Lundbeck posted a bigger-than-expected operating loss in the second quarter, hit by an EU fine for breaking competition law and cheap competition after...
07.08.2013
- Dutch food and chemicals group DSM on Tuesday reported a 19% rise in second-quarter core profits, beating expectations, thanks to acquisitions and growth in its higher-margin...
02.08.2013
- British drugmaker AstraZeneca warned on Thursday of higher costs in 2013 as it invests through a slump in sales caused by a wave of patent expiries on key medicines. The prediction...
02.08.2013
- Germany's Evonik said it would step up cost cutting measures and slash its investment budget as it became the latest specialty chemicals maker to caution investors about its...
31.07.2013
- Big Pharma is still relying on belt-tightening to prop up financial results. Pfizer and Merck & Co said on Tuesday their quarterly results were again hit by generic competition for...
31.07.2013
- German chemicals company Wacker Chemie beat second-quarter earnings forecasts and said a plunge in the price of polysilicon, which it supplies to the crisis-hit solar sector, had...
31.07.2013
- Sales of the DuPont group were virtually flat in Q2 2013, with the slight revenue setback of 1% to $9.8 billion blamed on poor pricing for the titanium dioxide business it plans to...