Insights and Stories of Reuters

EU regulators halt Dow, DuPont merger review to gather data

Sep. 9, 2016 at 6:11 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European Union antitrust regulators have halted their scrutiny of Dow Chemical and DuPont’s proposed merger while the companies provide more information regarding their US$130 billion deal. The European Commission opened a full investigation into the case in August, concerned that the deal to create the world’s […]

U.S. agency reduces outlook for La Nina in 2016-17

Sep. 8, 2016 at 2:12 pm CDT

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U.S. activist investor Ackman leaves CP board

Sep. 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm CDT

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Farmers’ debt seen hitting fresh record high

Sep. 7, 2016 at 12:24 pm CDT

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ChemChina extends tender offers for Syngenta

Sep. 6, 2016 at 1:20 pm CDT

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Smithfield says Illinois hog plant shut down after fire

Sep. 6, 2016 at 1:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Smithfield Foods on Tuesday said a hog slaughterhouse in western Illinois will be operational as soon as possible after a fire halted pork production on Monday. “(The) cause of the fire is being investigated,” Smithfield spokeswoman Kathleen Kirkham said, adding that there were no injuries in […]

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Austria drops talk of ‘conflict’ over EU-Canada trade deal

Sep. 2, 2016 at 7:22 pm CDT

Vienna | Reuters — Austria toned down its opposition to a free trade deal between the European Union and Canada on Friday, two days after social democrat Chancellor Christian Kern had vowed to start a “conflict” over the agreement. While the so-called CETA accord is all but sealed, the Austrian […]

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Austria expects ‘conflict’ on Canada trade deal

Sep. 1, 2016 at 7:41 pm CDT

Vienna | Reuters — Austria is ready to confront other European Union members states over its opposition to a free trade deal with Canada, Chancellor Christian Kern said, because it sees it containing many of the same problems as one being negotiated with the U.S. Austria opposes a proposed free […]

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German activists take EU-Canada trade deal to Constitutional Court

Aug. 31, 2016 at 8:57 pm CDT

Berlin | Reuters — Activists delivered what they said was Germany’s biggest-ever public complaint to the Constitutional Court on Wednesday, hoping it will scupper a trade agreement between the European Union and Canada. The deal, which some see as a template for an EU-U.S. agreement still being negotiated, is the […]

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Chile plans to send TPP deal to Congress this year

Aug. 25, 2016 at 6:23 pm CDT

Santiago | Reuters — The Chilean government is expecting to send the Pacific trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to its Congress for approval by the end of 2016, President Michelle Bachelet said Thursday. The 12-nation TPP aims to liberalize commerce in 40 per cent of the world’s […]

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