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Cefic Appoints BASF Chairman Bock New President

28.09.2012 - BASF Chairman Dr Kurt Bock was today elected president of Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council. Mr Bock will lead the 29,000-member organisation in that capacity starting...

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Abbott Misstated Credentials of Spinoff CEO Gonzalez

28.09.2012 - Abbott Laboratories for years misstated that the executive handpicked to head its pending pharmaceutical spinoff held both bachelor's and master's degrees, but on Thursday called...

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Bayer CEO Decries Pressure to Lower Drug Prices

20.09.2012 - Pressure from governments to lower drug prices risks undermining medical innovation, Bayer's chief executive Marjin Dekkers said on Wednesday, echoing complaints of other drug...

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Andreas Amling New Euro Chlor Chairman

18.09.2012 - The Management Committee of Euro Chlor, the Federation of the European chlorine producing companies, has elected Andreas Amling, Senior Vice President of Bayer MaterialScience, as...

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AkzoNobel CEO Taking Medical Leave for Fatigue

18.09.2012 - Dutch group AkzoNobel, the world's largest paints maker and owner of the Dulux brand, said chief executive Ton Büchner was taking medical leave for a few weeks for fatigue. "This...

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Bayer Exec Peterson to Be J&J Group Worldwide Chairman

16.09.2012 - Johnson & Johnson said Sandra Peterson, currently a Bayer executive, will take on the new role of group worldwide chairman, overseeing a consent decree at the company's troubled...

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Bayer CEO Says Greek Euro Exit May Help

02.09.2012 - Leaving the euro zone could help Greece to recover economically and prevent the region's debt crisis from spreading, the head of German drugmaker Bayer was quoted as saying in a...

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TNK-BP's Chief Oil Trader Leaves, Denies Rosneft Move

23.08.2012 - The chief oil trader at TNK-BP said he would leave the Anglo-Russian oil venture, which faces an uncertain future as its owners seek to dissolve their fraught but highly lucrative...