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Dow Chemical sold its Styron plastics division to Bain Capital for $1.63 billion, the Associated Press reports. For Dow, the deal is a further unloading of debt after a turbulent

Hawkins Inc., a processor of bulk specialty chemicals, announced that Patrick H. Hawkins will serve in the newly created position of president starting March 29, according to the Associated Press.

The Associated Press reports that the board of Airgas unanimously rejected a hostile takeover bid by rival Air Products & Chemicals Inc., and told shareholders the $60-per-share offer it too

The Associated Press reports that American Funds has sold nearly all its stock in a Chinese oil company that anti-genocide activists are targeting because of the company''s ties to Sudan.

Business Wire reports that the law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of Terra Industries, Inc. relating to the proposed acquisition

Specialty paper maker Glatfelter completed its acquisition of Concert Industries Corp. for $235 million, according to the Associated Press. Concert Industries, of Canada, makes cellulose-based non-woven material that is used

DuPont executive vice president James Borel said Wednesday sales in the company''s agriculture and nutrition segment are expected to grow 10 percent in 2010, according to the Associated Press. At

Industrial gas supplier Airgas Inc. rejected the unsolicited $5 billion buyout bid from larger rival Air Products and Chemicals Inc., according to the Associated Press. In a letter to Air

Con Edison, a unit of Consolidated Edison Inc., filed a proposal with the state of New York calling for more funds for solar energy projects in New York City, according

According to Bloomberg, India’s government has rejected the nation’s first genetically modified food after protests by farmers, hampering the expansion of seed makers including Monsanto Co. in the world’s second-most