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Corn Products Buys Akzo Nobel Unit for $1.3 Billion

21.06.2010 - U.S.-based Corn Products International will buy the National Starch business of Dutch paints firm AkzoNobel for $1.3 billion in cash, completing the Dutch firm's carve-out of non...

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Russia To Spend $4 Billion On Pharma Industry By 2020

21.06.2010 - Russia is planning to pump 120 billion rubles ($4 billion) into its fledgling pharmaceutical sector this decade as part of a broader push to diversify the economy from oil and gas...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Kick-off For Chemicals in South Africa

16.06.2010 - Preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup has involved a lot more than what gets covered in the press or on television - which has been limited to the test and qualification matches...

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How Would Penalties Apply To The Gulf Oil Spill?

16.06.2010 - With the U.S. government doubling its estimate of oil coming out of the broken well on the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico, companies linked to the spill, including BP, face...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Turning Point

18.05.2010 - Sharp Focus - 2010 could be a watershed year for the excipient sector in Europe as amendments to the falsified medicines directive bring excipient quality and safety considerations...

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Teva CEO Sees Gains From U.S. Health Reform Law

17.05.2010 - The head of the world's biggest generic drugmaker predicted benefits for his company from the new U.S. healthcare reform law in the form of potential business gained through the...

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Foreign Companies Stepping Away From Iran

17.05.2010 - A growing number of oil companies, trading houses and other international companies have stopped doing business with Iran this year amid a U.S. drive to isolate Tehran and...

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No End in Sight as Huge U.S. Oil Spill Veers West

10.05.2010 - BP was considering its next move on Monday after its most promising short-term remedy for a massive undersea oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico struck a snag over the weekend, fueling...

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BP Fights Gulf Oil Spill On All Fronts

06.05.2010 - Workers toiled above and below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday to plug a gushing oil leak and protect the U.S. shoreline in one of the biggest spill containment...

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Lyondell Chemical Emerges from Bankruptcy

03.05.2010 - Lyondell Chemical said on Friday that it has exited bankruptcy after a 16-month process during which its debt load was reduced to about $5 billion from $24 billion. The company...