Dow Chemicals
Du Pont-Dow Chemical merger deal gets US antitrust nod
16 Jun 2017
The justice department nod for the $130-billion all-stock merger is conditional on the companies offloading certain assets, while the merger is yet to get clearance from the Canadian authorities
Dow, DuPont to merge and split, say reports
10 Dec 2015
The $120 billion combination will split further into three companies to focus on agriculture, specialty chemicals and materials, says a Wall Street Journal report
Bhopal gas disaster lessons fast forgotten
03 Dec 2015
The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, meant to provide immediate relief to industrial disaster victims, remains largely on paper as there is no awareness of it at the district level
Dow Chemical to sell part of chlorine business to Olin Corp for $5 bn
28 Mar 2015
Dow Chemical, the largest US chemical maker by sales, is selling non-core assets worth $3 to $4 billion in order to create shareholders value
Dow Chemical triples share buyback to $4.5 bn as activist investor pushes for split
30 Jan 2014
Dow, the largest US chemical maker, and rival DuPont have in recent times seen increased investor activism over driving up shareholder returns
Dow wins $2.2 bn in damages from Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries
07 May 2013
Dow and PIC had, in late 2008, agreed to set up a $17.4 billion JV, to be called K-Dow, into which Dow was to transfer its basic plastics business and other assets for $9 billion in cash
Dow Chemicals wins $2.48 bn arbitration award over scrapped Kuwait JV
05 Mar 2013
In one of the several international deals that were aborted during the global recession, the Dow-Petrochemical Industries Co JV was scrapped less than a week before the deal was to become effective
HC upholds notice to Dow in Bhopal disaster case
22 Oct 2012
SC refuses to revisit verdict in Bhopal gas disaster case
11 May 2011
Delivering the judgment for the constitution bench, Chief Justice Kapadia said that after the 1996 verdict, the accused could not be tried under more stringent provisions of the law without any basis
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