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DuPont's $5.8 billion bid for Denmark's Danisco A/S marks a major bet by the U.S. chemicals company on the nascent biofuels market and the profitable food additive sector.

U.S. chemicals group DuPont said on Sunday it will buy Danish food ingredients and enzymes firm Danisco for $5.8 billion to boost its position in the fast-growing food sector.

U.S. Chemicals firm DuPont said on Sunday it will buy Danish food ingredients and enzymes firm Danisco for $5.8 billion, in a rare large deal that should boost its position in the fast-growing food sector.

Chemicals maker DuPont is close to a deal to buy Danish food ingredients and enzymes company Danisco for more than $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Chemicals maker DuPont is close to a deal to buy Danish food ingredients and enzymes company Danisco for more than $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

Wilmington, Delaware-based chemical manufacturer DuPont has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $3.3 million for violating the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

Stocks finished narrowly mixed in lethargic trading as an early jump on a benign jobless claims data faded away on a stronger U.S. dollar and later on news that Democrats in the House voted against considering the tax cut extensions that President Obama negotiated with Republicans.

DuPont, the world's fourth-largest chemical maker, forecast earnings through 2011 would continue to grow, with executives saying the maker of Tyvek and Kevlar was also well positioned through 2015.

Spiking demand for food, paint and electronics will push DuPont's earnings and revenue higher through 2015, the chemical maker said on Thursday, and its chief executive promised the company's diverse portfolio has yet to reach its potential.

DuPont has begun production of polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) polymer resin, a critical raw material used to make high-performance DuPontTedlar polyvinyl fluoride film to support solar energy industry, at its Fayetteville Works facility.

The S&P snapped a three-day winning streak on Tuesday after mixed earnings reports and a fall in consumer confidence, but analysts said U.S. stocks were taking a breather and the rally could pick back up.

DuPont forecast 2010 earnings well above expectations on Tuesday, sending its shares up 4.1 percent, as the rebounding global economy continued to fuel the company's recovery.

DuPont forecast 2010 earnings well above expectations on Tuesday and said its second-quarter profit nearly tripled as the rebounding global economy continued to fuel the company's recovery, sending it shares up 4.6 percent.

DuPont said on Tuesday that its second-quarter profit nearly tripled due to double-digit sales across all five of its business segments.

Bank of America Corp named DuPont's long-time chief executive, Charles Holliday, as its chairman on Wednesday, hours after the largest U.S. consumer bank concluded its 2010 annual meeting.

Dow Chemical Co posted a much better-than-expected first-quarter profit on Wednesday as higher pricing and volume pushed revenue up around the globe, and its shares rose nearly 3 percent.

DuPont said strong emerging market demand and sales of specialty chemicals helped its first-quarter profit more than double, beating Wall Street expectations and sending its shares up nearly 2 percent in premarket trading.

U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday as worries mounted over Greek debt after Germany demanded new austerity measures and investors awaited another round of earnings and economic data.

Wall Street is heading into another earnings blitz next week and the prospects of strong results from bellwethers like Caterpillar Inc and 3M Co should propel indexes to new recovery highs.

Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd named former DuPont executive Craig Naylor as its new president and CEO on Thursday, making him the second non-Japanese to head the Tokyo-based glass maker.

DuPont posted a stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday helped by a 12.3 percent jump in revenue, with the chemical maker boosting its earnings forecast for 2010.

U.S. chemical maker DuPont is expected to report a fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, a result that would bolster hopes the economy is on its way to recovery.

U.S. stocks ended a smidgen higher in very light trading on Wednesday as a stronger-than-expected report on Midwest U.S. business activity was offset by investors taking profits in some of the year's better performers.

Delphi, the auto-parts maker that emerged from a four-year bankruptcy in October, is forming a new board of directors and will name retired Dupont Chief Executive John Krol as its chairman, the Wall Street Journal said.

Chemicals maker DuPont said on Tuesday a U.S. economic recovery was beginning to take hold and forecast 2010 profit growth in line with Wall Street estimates.

Chemical maker DuPont posted a higher-than-expected 11 percent jump in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, but revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates.

Chemical maker DuPont posted a better-than-expected 11 percent jump in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, but revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates.

DuPont posted an 11 percent jump in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, beating Wall Street estimates, but the chemical maker narrowed its earnings outlook for the year.

The European Commission will make a quick decision to authorise three varieties of GM maize so as to relieve pressure on the livestock sector if EU ministers fail to agree, the EU farm chief said on Monday.