In a welcome move for access to medicines, the Delhi High Court has rejected the appeal filed by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer Corporation against an earlier court order which had rejected the implementation of a drug regulatory system which essentially linked registration of medicines to their patent status.

The Toronto stock market closed sharply higher Tuesday with investors growing convinced that European leaders will move by the end of the week to fix the debt crisis that has been simmering in Greece.

Industrial gas supplier Airgas Inc. on Tuesday rejected the unsolicited $5 billion buyout bid from larger rival Air Products and Chemicals Inc., calling it a "bargain basement price." In a letter to Air Products CEO John McGlade, Airgas said the $60 per share offer, as well as an earlier bid of $62 per share, "grossly" undervalues the company.

Ms. Mann has more than 30 years of in-depth management experience in the specialty chemicals and plastics industries.

India halted the release of the world's first genetically modified eggplant today, saying further study needed to be done to guarantee consumer safety before it would allow cultivation of GM food in the country.

Calgary - The Canadian Press Published on Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2010 7:54AM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Feb.

If any one thing could account for the past successes of the Western New York economy, it's water.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8, 2010 -- Zoltek Companies, Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter of its 2010 fiscal year.

The Canpotex fertilizer marketing partnership has agreed to sell 350,000 tonnes of Canadian potash to China's Sinofert.

A federal court jury has ordered the German conglomerate Bayer Crop Science to pay $1.5 million to farmers in Arkansas and Mississippi whose rice seed was contaminated with a genetically altered strain.

United Arab Emirates: 1 hour, 40 minutes ago Dow Wire and Cable, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, announced that it will showcase its leading portfolio of materials and technology solutions for medium, high and extra-high voltage power cables at the 2010 Middle East Electricity Exhibition , scheduled to be held from February 9 - 11, ...

United Arab Emirates: 25 minutes ago The Dow Chemical Company , a leading science and technology company, reported sales of $12.5bn for the fourth quarter 2009, an increase of 15% compared to reported sales in the same period last year.

Robbins Umeda LLP has commenced an investigation into possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law by the Board of Directors of Airgas, Inc.

Dow Chemical Co. has made it through a challenging 2009 and is looking forward to better days in 2010.

Cottage Grove officials are supporting a 3M Co. plan to burn additional waste in an incinerator, and a new anti-3M group is not happy about it.

A worker installs Dow Powerhouse Solar Shingles on a roof. About 1,200 new jobs are riding on a decision by the Dow Chemical Co .

FMC Corp. reported results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal 2009. FMC's quarterly income stood at $68.9 million or 94 cents per share, from $75.4 million or $1.02 in the prior-year quarter.

SurModics Inc. filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-12-31. Surmodics Inc.

The Adhesives and Functional Polymers business unit of The Dow Chemical Company today announced the availability of its new Mor-Free L75-173/C-145 solvent-free, 100 percent solids, polyurethane adhesive system for flexible packaging.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, MIDLAND, MI, REDWOOD CITY, CA, Feb. 3, 2010 -- Clean Filtration Technologies Inc.