Keyword: markets and companies
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18.05.2011
- Takeda Pharmaceutical, Japan's largest drugmaker, will announce the 1 trillion yen ($12 billion) purchase of closely held Swiss rival Nycomed on Wednesday as it seeks to expand in...
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18.05.2011
- The world's top chemicals distributors, including Germany's Brenntag, are circling Belgium-based Azelis, three people familiar with the matter said. Rival chemicals distributors...
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17.05.2011
- Fertilizer and specialty chemicals maker Israel Chemicals (ICL) reported a 16% rise in first-quarter net profit despite a workers' strike as increased prices for its products...
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16.05.2011
- Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world's largest maker of scientific instruments, secured EU regulatory clearance on Friday to buy chromatography systems maker Dionex Corp for $2.1...
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16.05.2011
- British clean-fuel company Oxford Catalysts Group posted a wider full-year pretax loss, hurt by its decision to slow down activities on a government-funded program in the last...
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16.05.2011
- Takeda, Japan's largest drugmaker, said on Friday it has not agreed to buy Swiss rival Nycomed, following reports it was in talks to buy the privately held company for more than...
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12.05.2011
- German potash miner K+S is making progress in the planned sale of its garden fertilizer unit Compo and is aiming to strike a deal at the end of next month as it focuses on its main...
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02.05.2011
- Warren Buffett still believes his reputation is intact after his former top lieutenant David Sokol pitched for a takeover of Lubrizol Corp after Sokol had purchased shares in the...