Insights and Stories on DowDuPont

Nov. 1, 2018 at 10:01 am CDT

Reuters – DowDuPont Inc topped Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Thursday, as stronger demand for chemicals used in cosmetics, paints and packaging gear helped offset slowing growth at its agriculture business. The world’s largest chemicals producer, formed last year through the $130 billion merger of Dow Chemical and […]

By Laharee Chatterjee

Aug. 2, 2018 at 8:00 am CDT

Reuters – DowDuPont Inc said it expects higher raw material costs to hit all its units for the rest of the year even as an uptick in its agriculture business helped the U.S. chemicals producer beat Street estimates for the fourth straight quarter. Shares of the company fell 3 percent to […]

By Laharee Chatterjee, Nivedita Bhattacharjee

May. 18, 2018 at 8:12 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Production of Canada’s biggest crop, canola, has expanded rapidly in recent years amid strong demand for the vegetable oil it produces. But the other processed canola product, meal, takes a backseat to U.S. soymeal to feed certain livestock, due to a reduced protein level. Seed developer […]

By Rod Nickel

Feb. 1, 2018 at 6:59 pm CST

Reuters — U.S. chemicals producer DowDuPont reported a 14 per cent rise in net sales for the fourth quarter and beat Wall Street profit estimates as a strong global economy led to robust demand and higher prices for its products. The newly-combined company, formed by the merger of chemical giants […]

By Nivedita Bhattacharjee

Nov. 27, 2017 at 4:22 pm CST

Mexico City | Reuters –– A Mexican court has rejected a company’s appeal to lift a ban on commercial planting of transgenic corn in Mexico, passing the matter to the Supreme Court, a lawyer for the firm said Friday. A federal court in Mexico City rejected the suit by PHI […]

By Reuters