27.10.2015
- Chemical market watchers are looking especially intensely at the agriculture sector in the wake of the failed takeover of Switzerland’s giant, Syngenta, by US giant Monsanto. As...
19.10.2015
- Comments made by Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers in a talk with the UK business newspaper Financial Times have fueled speculation that the German group may be interested in picking up the...
19.10.2015
- Adding to its previous setbacks – in particular Syngenta’s rejection of its takeover advances –US agribusiness giant Monsanto is now facing a revolt from seed manufacturers in...
08.10.2015
- As the preliminary end of the EU’s two-year moratorium on certain applications of neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides nears, the UK’s decision in July to allow selective exceptions...
04.09.2015
- Around the globe, market conditions for chemical industry players remained volatile and challenging, corporate chieftains said unanimously in reporting on the second quarter and...
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...
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...
26.08.2015
- It was surely only a matter of time before leading agrochemicals company Monsanto increased its offer again for Swiss rival Syngenta. The company is reported to have raised its bid...
