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ChemChina Improves bid for Syngenta

23.12.2015 - In the latest move to take control of Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta, ChemChina has raised its bid and proposed a two-step acquisition, international news media report. If...

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Dow and DuPont Confirm Merger Plans

14.12.2015 - Three days after rumors surfaced of a possible merger between Dow and DuPont, the US chemical giants confirmed the all-stock deal, which they said would create a new entity named...

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Purported Dow-DuPont Merger Creates Buzz

10.12.2015 - News of a possible mega-merger between US chemical giants Dow and DuPont dominated the headlines on Dec. 9 after the newspaper Wall Street Journal, citing sources close to the...

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Syngenta Plans Share Buyback and Seed Divestment

04.09.2015 - After emerging relatively unscathed from Monsanto’s bear hug, Swiss agrochemicals giant is tossing a bone to shareholders who may have preferred it to be more open to a merger with...

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Monsanto Drops Bid for Syngenta

27.08.2015 - Monsanto has abandoned plans to acquire Syngenta, a merger which would have created an agricultural giant, after the Swiss seeds company rejected its latest bid of Swiss Francs 470...

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Syngenta Rejects Monsanto’s Overtures

08.05.2015 - Confirming that it has received an unsolicited proposal from Monsanto to acquire the company at a price of CHF449 per share with approximately 45% in cash, the board of directors...

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ABB to Buy Thomas & Betts for $3.9 Billion in U.S. Push

30.01.2012 - Swiss engineering group ABB has agreed to buy U.S. electrical components maker Thomas & Betts for $3.9 billion to ramp up its presence in the world's largest market for low-voltage...