Chemicals
France’s Air Liquide to acquire US rival Airgas for $10.3 bn
18 Nov 2015
The acquisition will boost Air Liquide’s sales by around 30 per cent and help the company gain a clear lead over its German rival Linde AG, as the world’s biggest industrial gas producer by revenue
BASF puts $540 mn steel coatings business for sale
06 Nov 2015
The German chemical company has hired HSBC in helping with the sale process and has opened its steel coatings business books to five industrial players who have shown interest
Samsung to sell chemicals businesses to Lotte Group for $2.6 bn
30 Oct 2015
Samsung is selling its chemicals business and stake in Samsung Fine Chemical in order to raise capital and invest in the rapidly growing automotive battery business
Grasim Q1 net almost unchanged at R485 crore
07 Aug 2015
Canadian mining giant Potash Corp to buy German rival K+S AG for nearly €8 bn
30 Jun 2015
PotashCorp, the world's largest potash producer and the third-largest producer of nitrogen and phosphate, is keen to combine with K+S, Europe's largest supplier of potash and the world's largest salt producer
Dow Chemical to sell part of chlorine business to Olin Corp for $5 bn
28 Mar 2015
Dow Chemical, the largest US chemical maker by sales, is selling non-core assets worth $3 to $4 billion in order to create shareholders value
ChemChina seals deal to buy Italian tyremaker Pirelli for $7.7 bn
23 Mar 2015
China National Chemical Corporation yesterday struck a deal to buy Italian tyremaker Pirelli in a €7.1 billion ($7.7 billion) deal, the biggest deal so far carried out by the Chinese in Italy
Grasim to merger group company Aditya Birla Chemicals
11 Feb 2015
The proposed merger will consolidate Aditya Birla Group’s chlor-alakali business into Grasim and strengthen its existing portfolio of viscose staple fibre, caustic soda and allied chemicals
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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