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<title>Chemical Week :: People &amp; Business :: M&amp;A</title>
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<copyright>2010</copyright>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:52:46 EDT</pubDate>

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<title>Teva to Acquire Ratiopharm for $4.9 Billion</title>
<description>Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (Petah Tikva, Israel), the leading generics pharmaceutical company in the world, says it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ratiopharm (Ulm...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/25488.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Indonesian Company Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Tanker Firm Ceco</title>
<description>The deal would have created the world's biggest chemical tanker fleet....</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/25492.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sika Acquires Construction Sealant Business of Henkel Japan</title>
<description>Sika (Baar, Switzerland) says its Sika Japan (Hiratsuka, Japan) subsidiary has acquired the construction sealant business of Henkel Japan (Tokyo). The acquired...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/25391.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ineos in Preliminary Partnership Discussions with Mideast Investors</title>
<description>Ineos is in preliminary discussions about the possibility of bringing in joint venture partners for, or selling, some of the company's assets, U.K. press reports say. The reports, quoting Tom...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/25396.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.B. Fuller to Acquire Adhesives Manufacturer in Malaysia</title>
<description>H.B. Fuller says it has entered into a stock purchase agreement, under which it will acquire all of the shares of adhesives manufacturer Revertex Finewaters (Klang, Malaysia), a joint venture of...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/25368.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Yara International Will Not Raise Offer for Terra Industries</title>
<description>Yara International said today that it will not raise its offer for Terra Industries to match or exceed a bid form CF Industries Holdings.  Yara agreed last month to buy Terra for $4.1...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/25370.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>CW's Weekly Round-up: March 12, 2010</title>
<description>The most read article of the week on CW 247 by a country mile is our magazine cover story about Dow Chemical’s journey from the depths of the recession in early 2009, to recovery early...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/25375.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Sanofi-Aventis Completes Acquisition of Chattem</title>
<description>Sanofi-Aventis (Paris) says it has completed the previously announced acquisition of consumer healthcare company Chattem (Chattanooga, TN). Sanofi-Aventis had announced last December that...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/25289.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Dynea's Profits Fall on Lower Volumes and Selling Prices</title>
<description>Dynea reported a €46-million loss for full-year 2009, compared to earnings of €5.6 million including special items in both years. Operating results dropped 83%, to €3.9 million...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/25290.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Maire Tecnimont Acquires Sofipart, Owner of Technip KTI</title>
<description>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...</description>
<link>http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/m_and_a/25292.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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