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Drug-maker Valeant begins exchange offer for Allergan

May 14, 2019 at 6:11 a.m.

By Rod Nickel (Reuters) - Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday it began an exchange offer for Botox maker Allergan Inc, taking its hostile $50.8 billion bid directly to shareholders....

Indian fertilizer producer IFFCO looks for revised subsidies

August 25, 2021 at 5:12 a.m.

NEW YORK, May 22 - India's largest fertilizer producer, Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative (IFFCO), expects the country's new government to shake up its fertilizer subsidy program, possibly spurring greater phosphate...

Tyson buying heavy hogs, will lower production in wake of virus

August 25, 2021 at 5:11 a.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc , the United States' largest meat processor, is buying heavier hogs and expects to scale down production more than usual this summer, as...

Valeant CEO breaks the mold in building drug empire

August 25, 2021 at 4:12 a.m.

(Reuters) - At any given time, the acquisitive chief executive of Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc is brokering multiple deal discussions and eyeing as many as 50 buying opportunities. It's not the...

Valeant CEO breaks the mold in building drug empire

May 14, 2019 at 5:55 a.m.

(Reuters) - At any given time, the acquisitive chief executive of Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc is brokering multiple deal discussions and eyeing as many as 50 buying opportunities. It's not the...

Valeant, Ackman offer to buy Botox maker Allergan for $47 billion

May 14, 2019 at 5:56 a.m.

(Reuters) - Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc said on Tuesday it and activist investor Bill Ackman made an unsolicited $47 billion bid to buy Botox maker Allergan Inc as it...

Valeant, Ackman offer to buy Botox maker Allergan for $47 billion

August 25, 2021 at 4:13 a.m.

(Reuters) - Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc said on Tuesday it and activist investor Bill Ackman made an unsolicited $47 billion bid to buy Botox maker Allergan Inc as it...

Next Potash Corp CEO likely to keep priority on price

August 25, 2021 at 3:46 a.m.

(Reuters) - The next chief executive of Canada's Potash Corp of Saskatchewan , the world's biggest fertilizer producer, is likely to stick with the company's strategy of supporting prices by...

Mosaic CEO has cancer, plans to stay on job

December 23, 2018 at 11:00 p.m.

(Reuters) - Mosaic Co Chief Executive Jim Prokopanko has been diagnosed with cancer, but plans to continue in his role, the U.S. fertilizer company said on Thursday. Prokopanko is undergoing...

Mosaic CEO has cancer, plans to stay on job

November 4, 2021 at 1:29 a.m.

(Reuters) - Mosaic Co Chief Executive Jim Prokopanko has been diagnosed with cancer, but plans to continue in his role, the U.S. fertilizer company said on Thursday. Prokopanko is undergoing...

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