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Syngenta Said to Mull Countersuits in Corn Seed Dispute

17.02.2015 - Swiss agrochemicals group Syngenta may file counterclaims against some of the more than 750 US grain farmers and exporters who have sued the world's largest agrochemicals group...

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Chemical Plant Blast Near Barcelona Injures Thre

13.02.2015 - Three people were injured in an explosion at chemical distributor Simar at Igualada, near Barcelona, Spain on Feb. 12. Due to the blast, thousands of people were forced to stay...

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Shell Building $11 Billion Petchems Complex in Iraq

12.02.2015 - Shell has signed a deal with Iraq, possibly worth $11 billion, to build a petrochemicals complex in the southern oil hub of Basra, the news agency Reuters has reported. The complex...

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Pfizer to Pay $400 million to Avert Class Action Trial

28.01.2015 - Pfizer has agreed to pay $400 million to avert a trial in a class action lawsuit accusing the US pharmaceutical giant of misleading investors in connection with off-label marketing...

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Fired Sanofi CEO to Receive $4.4 Million Severance Pay

26.01.2015 - French drugmaker Sanofi will pay its former chief executive Chris Viehbacher, fired by the company in October 2014, a severance package worth €4.4 million in total, including fixed...

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GSK Chief Sees More Unit IPOs as Options

21.01.2015 - GlaxoSmithKline could consider more partial public share offerings for component units as it evolves in the coming years, potentially pointing to a break-up of the group if this...

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Saudi Aramco May Halt Ras Tanura Clean Fuels Project

08.01.2015 - State-owned Saudi Arabian oil giant Saudi Aramco has suspended plans to build a $2 billion clean fuels plant at its largest oil refinery in Ras Tanura, industry sources told the...

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EU Leaders Beat the Drum Harder for TTIP

19.12.2014 - In the face of only sluggish progress in finding support for the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment pact (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States, EU...