Sacramento Briefing: Pesticide Maker, DuPont Link Up
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By Jim Downing, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 19--Pesticide maker, DuPont link up   Natural pesticide maker Marrone Organic Innovations of Davis has licensed the rights to develop more then 20 promising compounds discovered by chemical giant DuPont, the companies announced Monday.
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Demand for ethanol has been a boon for corn farmers and small production plants, but DuPont wants to bring in a billion bucks from improving ethanol efficiency. Plus: Car buyers still vote  SUVs most popular. In Autopia.
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DuPont and BP have announced they will invest $58 million in biofuel production assets at two facilities in the U.K. The two plan to construct a biobutanol demonstration facility, what the companies call the ... via Inside Greentech
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By Randall Chase  DOVER, Del. - One year after accepting a government challenge to work toward eliminating the use of a potentially dangerous chemical used to make Teflon and other products, the DuPont Co. said Monday it plans to stop using the chemical by 2015.
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Monsanto and BASF team up to grow better plants.
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BERLIN -- German chemical and drug maker Bayer AG and New Jersey pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough Corp. announced Monday they have entered a strategic alliance under which Schering-Plough will distribute
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A plant that makes a new bioengineered polymer was christened Friday in Loudon, Tenn., marking a $100 million joint-venture between chemical giant DuPont Co. and London-based agri-processor Tate & Lyle.
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Meridium has announced an agreement with The Dow Chemical Company, one of the largest chemical manufacturers in the world, for its asset performance management software.
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The DuPont Company, the chemical giant, said Tuesday that fourth-quarter earnings rose before special items, in part because of increased profit from its performance materials business and strong agricultural sales in Brazil.
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Chemical maker DuPont Co  on Wednesday increased its 2007 financial outlook to reflect stronger-than-expected results in the fourth quarter and also raised expectations for 2008.
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Chemicals group DuPont Co.  said on Monday it expects 2006 net earnings per share of $3.25, helped by 39 cents per share, or $370 million, in one-time items, up from its it previous estimate of $2.86 per share.
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The DuPont Co. agreed to a settlement potentially worth more than $340 million Thursday to resolve allegations the chemical giant contaminated drinking water in West Virginia
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- DuPont  said it would add more than 400 positions mainly in research and development in its Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. unit, as it executes a $100 million reinvestment plan to accelerate new seed products.
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DuPont agreed to a settlement Thursday that could be worth more than $340 million to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging the chemical giant contaminated a West Virginia community's water supply with a key ingredient used in its Teflon products.
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Bayer forged an alliance for its struggling pharmaceuticals business with American drug manufacturer Schering-Plough yesterday, cutting costs and marking another step in the German company&#39;s transformation.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said Monsanto Co.'s  $1.5 billion acquisition of top cotton seed producer Delta and Pine Land Co.  would be allowed, but the companies would have to sell a range of key assets.
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WILMINGTON, Del. -- Chemicals maker DuPont Co. on Monday said it will cut 1,500 jobs and consolidate manufacturing in its seeds unit in a move to lower operating costs by $100 million a year.