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DuPont Profit Beats Estimates on Demand for Agriculture Chemicals, Seeds

23.04.2013 - Chemicals maker DuPont's quarterly profit beat analysts' estimates as higher sales of its seeds and agriculture chemicals offset weak demand for the once-lucrative titanium dioxide...

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Syngenta Shrugs Off Cold Weather to Post Solid Sales

18.04.2013 - Syngenta, the world's largest maker of crop chemicals, expects farmers to continue to invest in products to boost agricultural output despite a recent drop in commodity prices...

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Monsanto, DuPont Settle Lawsuits, Set New $1.75 Billion Deal

26.03.2013 - Monsanto and DuPont have settled a bitter legal battle over rights to technology for genetically modified seeds and will drop antitrust and patent claims against each other while...

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Rockwood to Combine Two Units in Possible $2 Billion Sale

21.03.2013 - Specialty chemicals producer Rockwood is preparing to launch a sale of two units that could fetch more than $2 billion, hoping to benefit from an uptick in the U.S. construction...

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Volkswagen Rules out Honeywell, DuPont Refrigerant

09.03.2013 - Volkswagen, the world's third largest carmaker, has joined compatriot Daimler in deciding not to use a new air-conditioning refrigerant developed by U.S. firms Honeywell and DuPont...

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DuPont Sees Growth as Farmers Seek Drought-hardy Corn

23.02.2013 - U.S. farmers are clamoring for more drought-hardy corn seeds as the spring planting season nears and soils remain parched across large swaths of key growing areas, the head of one...

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The Carlyle Group Completes Acquisition of DuPont Performance Coatings

07.02.2013 - Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has completed its acquisition of DuPont Performance Coatings for $4.9 billion and announced today that the company is being...

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Kemira Profits Hit by Weak Titanium Dioxide Market

06.02.2013 - Finnish chemicals group Kemira reported a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter profit after a fall in the titanium dioxide market hurt its German joint venture Sachtleben. Wednesday...