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Mosaic Co., the fertilizer maker that was split off from Cargill Inc. two years ago, is poised to become the industry’s biggest takeover target after hurdles to a deal are lifted this month.
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An Iowa agency is set to offer the largest-ever U.S. municipal junk bond sale to finance a fertilizer plant two weeks after an explosion at a Texas distributor of crop nutrients killed 14 people.
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North American fertilizer production projects totaling $22 billion may be at risk of delay amid increased scrutiny from regulators and communities after last week’s explosion at a Texas plant killed 14 people.
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Fresh from beating back a proxy challenge from activist investor Jana Partners LLC, fertilizer maker Agrium Inc. plans to refocus on expansion in the face of a commodities slump.
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DuPont Co.’s Pioneer seed unit said in 2005 it would make herbicide-tolerant soybeans and corn within five years to challenge the dominance of seeds with Monsanto Co.’s widely licensed Roundup Ready trait.
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Airgas Inc. , trying to fend off a $5.5 billion hostile bid from Air Products & Chemicals Inc. , lost a bid to invalidate a new bylaw that shortens the date for the company’s annual meeting, paving the way for a takeover.
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A former paralegal told Florida investigators that workers at a law firm that processed foreclosures signed paperwork without reading it, misdated records and skirted rules protecting homeowners in the military.
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Marc Albertsen, the bespectacled, 62-year-old research director at Pioneer Hi-Bred, DuPont Co. ’s seed-development unit, was catching up on paperwork one morning in July 2007 when he got a call from an assistant, Sharon Cerwick.
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Monsanto Co.’s $1 billion jury victory against DuPont Co. over a patent for genetically modified soybeans may be vulnerable, mostly because of the amount of the damages.
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DuPont Co., the most valuable U.S. chemical maker, cut its 2011 earnings forecast by 10 cents a share because of falling demand for consumer electronics and plastics and continued weak demand for construction products.
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