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Ashland Buys ISP for $3.2 Billion

31.05.2011 - Ashland has agreed to acquire privately owned International Specialty Products (ISP), a global specialty chemical manufacturer of innovative functional ingredients and technologies...

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BASF And INEOS Sign Joint Venture Contract For Styrolution

30.05.2011 - BASF and INEOS have signed a joint venture contract, regulating the formation of the company Styrolution. The establishment of the joint venture is subject to approval by the...

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Mosaic Completes Split-Off From Cargill

26.05.2011 - Mosaic has completed its recapitalization and split-off from agribusiness giant Cargill. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, it said Cargill had...

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Sinochem's Stake Buy in DSM JV Cleared By EU

23.05.2011 - Chinese state-owned oil and chemicals company Sinochem received EU regulatory approval on Thursday for its purchase of a 50% stake in Dutch chemicals firm DSM's anti-infectives...

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Thermo Fisher To Buy Phadia For $3.5 Billion

23.05.2011 - Laboratory equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc agreed to acquire private-equity owned Phadia, maker of allergy and autoimmune tests, for about $3.5 billion to expand in...

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Ashland Increases Annual Dividend 17%

19.05.2011 - Chemical maker Ashland raised its quarterly dividend to 17.5 cents a share - up 17% from its prior payout rate. Last month, the company had posted higher-than-expected second...

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Bidders Emerge For Gen-Probe, Phadia

19.05.2011 - Bidders emerged for allergy-testing company Phadia and diagnostic test-maker Gen-Probe, according to The Wall Street Journal. Laboratory equipment company Thermo Fisher Scientific...

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Trio of Rivals Line Up For 3i's Azelis

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...