Chemical Industry Weekly News Round-Up, May 28

CW's CFO Conference took place in New York this week, and the mood was cautiously optimistic. SFO of the Year Kurt Bock of BASF told attendees that fiscal prudence and innovation hold the keys to future success. Meanwhile, biopesticides firm AgraQuest announced its intention to go public, and an industry banker discussed the rebound in M&A. His comments were reinforced by a new Moody's report. More evidence of M&A rebound: a private equity firm New Mountain Capital is buying Covidien's Mallinckrodt Baker unit, a lab and electronic chemicals maker...

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