Abbott Laboratories <ABT.N> is expected to win EU approval this week for its takeover of Solvay's <SOLB.BR> drugs unit after offering remedies to soothe competition concerns, two people familiar with the matter said. The 4.5 billion euro...

In this article: European Union, Abbott Laboratories, Solvay, Cholesterol, and Tricor

...their gallbladders. Some suffered strokes that have left them with lifetime disabilities, according to their attorneys. " Bayer can talk all they want about warnings (on the packaging), but it was not warning enough. The reality is that Yaz...

In this article: Bayer, Indianapolis, Stroke, Food and Drug Administration, Pancreatitis, Back pain, Potassium, Surgery, and Chest pain

...responsible for the loss of the European market. "This was all, we believe, very preventable by Bayer , if they had just exercised the kind of care they should have exercised in handling the (Liberty Link) rice," Downing said after the...

In this article: Bayer, Punitive damages, USDA, Mississippi, and Arkansas

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...stole the points when Roberto Hilbert struck three minutes from time. No Responses to "Bayern show title intent winning at Wolfsburg; Hamburg suffer Cologne comeback; Bayer held by Bochum; Schalke frustrated; Wins for Hoff & Stuttgart"

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...viewers who lost our signal because of last week's winter storm across Oklahoma , we are suggesting a couple of options. More Jury: Bayer Must Pay $1.5M To AK, MS Rice Farmers Contamination Slowed International Orders For Arkansas Rice

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...strain. Friday s verdict was the second against Bayer CropScience for losses sustained by farmers when an experimental variety of rice that Bayer was testing infiltrated the farmers crops. In December, a jury awarded about $2 million to...

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...trading in Germany. "The company will assess this ruling thoroughly and consider its options," a Bayer spokesman in Germany said. " Bayer CropScience is standing by its view that the company has handled its biotech rice responsibly and...

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...his game-high 33 points in a 17-3 run that led to an easy 67-49 nonleague victory over host Dow. "We just weren't in sync at the start," said Dow coach Dave MacDonald , who wondered how his players would react without the 6-foot-5 Martin ,...

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...per share, compared with a loss of $629 million, or 70 cents per share, in the year-earlier quarter. Shares of DuPont were up 0.3% Tuesday to trade at $33.75. For Dow , structural cost reductions of more than $215 million gave the most recent...

In this article: DOW, Rohm & Haas, Revenue, DuPont, Joint venture, Recession, Unemployment, and Arkema

...which has struggled. " BP , the first of Europe 's oil majors to report earnings, will be followed by The Hague -based Shell in two days. Exxon Mobil Corp. , the largest U.S. company, posted a fifth straight drop in quarterly profit...

In this article: BP, Tony Hayward, Net income, Bloomberg Television, Europe, London, Shell, Gulf of Mexico, Recession, and China Petrochemical Corp.

By BRETT CLANTON Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle Exxon Mobil Corp. may be expanding its position in natural gas in North America with its pending multibillion-dollar deal to buy XTO Energy , but the Texas oil giant cautioned analysts Monday...

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...industry trends. Rising oil prices in recent months have bolstered profits at companies with crude oil production; Exxon Mobil said it received an average of $72.23 a barrel for crude oil in the fourth quarter, nearly twice the...

In this article: Exxon Mobil, United States, Exxon, Natural gas, Liquefied natural gas, Energy Information Administration, Revenue, XTO Energy, and Valero Energy

Chevron Corp. said today its fourth-quarter profit fell 37 percent as higher crude prices led to huge losses in its refining business. Oil refineries, which turn crude into gasoline, diesel and other fuels, struggled last year as oil prices...

In this article: Chevron Corp., Revenue, Valero Energy Corp., Ecuador, United States, Amazon rain forest, and Delaware

...the Roundup Ready trait with the Optimum GAT trait," said Scott Partridge , chief deputy general counsel for Monsanto. But DuPont counter-sued Monsanto last year, saying the company was acting illegally to control the agricultural seed...

In this article: DuPont, Monsanto, Roundup, Soybean, and Allegation

...a deal with Japan 's Sumitomo Chemical Company , which is set to pay $14 a share for a 20 per cent stake in Nufarm in a deal worth $611m. Nufarm also plans to follow the sale with a $250m capital raising -- a move that S&P said could be enough...

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A WHITE KNIGHT in the form of Sumitomo Chemical of Japan has emerged to rescue the crop protection group Nufarm , striking a deal to buy 20 per cent of the company after a $2.6 billion takeover offer from Sinochem Corp of China collapsed last...

In this article: Nufarm, Sumitomo, Best interests, Revenue, and Net profit

"The Nufarm board has confidence in NufarmaEUR™s business and growth prospects," Nufarm said. Nufarm chairman Kerry Hoggard said the Nufarm board believed the proposal from Sumitomo would provide both greater value and certainty...

In this article: Nufarm, Sumitomo, Balance sheet, Best interests, Revenue, and Insecticide