Business news – Page 66
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News
Insider trading scandal topples head of Taiwan’s top research body
President of umbrella organisation overseeing 24 research institutions caught up in investigation into offloading of biotech shares prior to poor results
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Business
Total to buy Saft for battery boost
€950m deal pushes French oil giant deeper into renewables
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Business
Deadly US fertiliser plant blast was deliberately set
Fire that caused West Fertilizer explosion was a ‘criminal act,’ US agency concludes
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Business
Evonik acquires Air Products’ chemical unit
Air Products also spinning off electronic materials to focus on industrial gases
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Business
Rethinking herbicide regulations
Europe withdraws amitrole and isoproturon, while EU, US and Colombia reconsider glyphosate rulings
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Business
Daiichi Sankyo awarded damages from former Ranbaxy owners
Arbitration says Singh family withheld information about regulatory investigations during Ranbaxy takeover
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Business
Abbot boosts heart devices with St Jude buyout
Medical devices consolidation continues with $25bn deal, but Abbott expresses concerns over proposed Alere merger
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Business
Cancer deals spread
AbbVie nabs antibody specialist Stemcentrx, while Sanofi pursues Medivation
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Business
Chemours sheds disinfectants and aniline
Dow Chemical and Germany’s Lanxess will buy plants as Chemours restructures following its spin-off from DuPont
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Opinion
Healing the world
Will GSK’s move towards licensing patents in developing countries, rather than rigidly defending them, improve access to medicines?
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Business
Pumping up industrial wasted heat
Company profile: Qpinch reclaims wasted energy by mimicking nature
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Business
FDA moves to withdraw swine drug carbadox
Carcinogenic antibiotic has been banned in EU, Canada and Australia for years
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Business
Surge in US industry investment linked to shale gas
264 expansion or construction projects announced, of which 40% have commenced or completed
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Business
US treasury rules scupper Pfizer–Allergan merger
Government aims to crack down on corporate tax avoidance through ‘inversion’ deals
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Business
DuPont shutters US plant where leak killed four workers
La Porte plant will not reopen after fatal methyl mercaptan leak in 2014
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Business
Californian hazard warning website criticised
Site providing information related to state’s Proposition 65 law is ‘inaccurate’ says industry association
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News
BP’s long legal battle over Deepwater disaster ends
Judge finalises BP’s $20 billion settlement over Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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Business
Two dead in explosion at Chinese chemical plant
Five others injured when wastewater treatment device detonated
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Opinion
Checks and balances
Should trade bodies do more than simply ‘represent their members’ interests’?