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DOJ Begins Antitrust Inquiry into Seeds

12:38 PM EST | March 12, 2010 | Rebecca Coons

The meeting at Ankeny, IA the first time U.S. regulators have scrutinized competition and regulation in the seed market, and come amid competitors' and farmers' accusations of antitrust behavior by seed industry's market leader Monsanto....

CF-Terra Agreement Signed After Yara Declines to Raise its Bid

1:47 PM EST | March 12, 2010

Yara International said today that it will not raise its offer for Terra Industries to match or exceed the bid from CF Industries Holdings, which paved the way for CF and Terra to sign a definitive merger agreement. Under the agreement, Terra stockholders...

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Maire Tecnimont Acquires Sofipart, Owner of Technip KTI

10:57 AM EST | March 11, 2010 | Natasha Alperowicz

Engineering group Maire Tecnimont (Rome) has agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Sofipart S.r.l, a company that controls 76.1% of KTI Management, which, in turn, owns 75% of Technip KTI S.p.A, an international process engineering company based in...

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Deepak Fertilisers, Australian Firm Study Chemical Complex in Australia

7:54 AM EST | March 12, 2010 | Deepti Ramesh

Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals (Pune, India), in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange (Mumbai), says it has entered into non-binding commercial negotiations with mining services company Australian Explosive Technologies Group (AET; Parkside, Australia) for...

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1:59 AM EST | March 15, 2010 | Robert Westervelt

The Society of Chemical Industry (American Section) last week awarded the SCI Chemical Industry Medal to Michael Campbell, chairman and CEO of Arch Chemicals. In accepting the award, Campbell reflected on innovation as a driver of growth and success...

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