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☆ DuPont de Nemours to split into three companies
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —DuPont de Nemours, the American multinational chemical company that traces its history back to 1802, announced plans to split into three publicly traded companies on Wednesday. DuPont’s breakup comes amid other large, multi-national companies announcing breakups in recent years, with many CEOs and corporate boards touting the agility of smaller companies. In a statement, Breen echoed a similar refrain, saying the three smaller companies would have greater flexibility after the spin-off. This is the second DuPont breakup in half a decade. In 2019, DowDuPont, which was created in a DuPont merger with Dow Chemical, broke apart into three separate entities: DuPont, Dow Chemical and Corteva, the company’s agriculture business.

Persons: Lori Koch, Ed Breen, Koch, Breen, ”, “, Kellogg, DuPont Organizations: CNN, DuPont de Nemours, DuPont, ”, General Electric, Dow Chemical

☆ The little-known agriculture stocks shaping the future of alternative protein
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Not every corner of the plant-based food industry has been burned. After the boom-and-bust cycle of Beyond Meat stock, analysts have wondered what comes next for the plant-based food space. The alternative protein market Beyond Meat's struggles have left some skeptical about which companies have what it takes to meet the needs of consumers who want to avoid animal-based products for health or environmental reasons. After topping $230 per share at its highest point, Beyond Meat stock now trades below $7. There's a business argument beyond the alternative protein market that can bode well when forecasting demand, Morningstar's Goldstein said.

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☆ Corteva posts smaller quarterly loss on higher seed prices
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The logo and trading info for Corteva Agriscience, a former division of DowDuPont, is displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Acquire Licensing RightsNov 8 (Reuters) - U.S. agricultural chemical and seed company Corteva (CTVA.N) on Wednesday reported a smaller third-quarter loss, helped by higher prices for its seeds. Corteva's third-quarter seed net sales rose to $878 million from $862 million a year earlier. However, sales volumes declined as a result of its exit from Russia and lower-than-expected corn planted area in Brazil. Corteva posted a net loss of $321 million, or 45 cents per share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with a loss of $331 million, or 46 cents per share, a year earlier.

Persons: Agriscience, Brendan McDermid, Corteva, Sourasis Bose, Shounak Dasgupta, Shilpi Majumdar, Rashmi Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, FMC Corp, Thomson Locations: DowDuPont, New York, U.S, Russia, Brazil, Indianapolis, South America, Bengaluru

☆ Monthly Meeting update: Jim Cramer says buy this cloud play and this industrial stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

In an up-and-down market since our July Monthly Meeting, we added two stocks to our portfolio: an industrial name and an emerging cloud play. The business software giant is emerging as a cloud infrastructure name that has really come on as of late. For years, Oracle lagged behind the likes of Amazon Web Services, Azure, and Google Cloud, but the company hit a turning point when it launched its second-generation cloud infrastructure offering, called Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Generation 2, or OCI Gen 2, in the summer of 2020. Total cloud revenue growth surged to 54%, with 45% growth for Cloud Applications and 76% growth for Cloud Infrastructure. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: Jim Cramer, I'm, Ed Breen, DuPont, Rogers, Dupont, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Spencer Platt Organizations: Oracle, DuPont, Amazon Web Services, Google, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Nvidia, Cloud Infrastructure, Management, Microsoft, Federal Reserve, Rogers Corporation, CNBC, Traders, New York Stock Exchange, Getty Locations: China, DowDuPont, New York City

A fountain at Hermon High School in Maine is taped shut after the water tested over the state's safety limit for PFAS chemicals. The school's water recently tested above the state's safety limit for PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, often referred to as "forever chemicals." According to the Environmental Protection Agency, even tiny exposure to PFAS in drinking water could pose a serious health risk. Hermon High School is just one example of PFAS contamination currently affecting the community, according to Maine's attorney general, Aaron Frey. The company also expressed a commitment to remediate PFAS contamination, invest in water treatment and collaborate with communities.

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REUTERS/Nick Carey/File PhotoWASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - Several federal agencies will work together on competition issues in the seed sector as part of a broader Biden administration push to enhance competition in agriculture, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday. The USDA, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Justice, and Federal Trade Commission will start up a working group on intellectual property and competition in the seed and agricultural input sector, USDA said. USDA is also creating a "farmer seed liaison" role to deliver on recommendations in a report released by the agency today on how to promote competition in the seed industry. USDA issued a $73 million round of funding under the same program last fall. Reporting by Leah Douglas in Washington and Karl Plume in Chicago Editing by Nick Zieminski and Sharon SingletonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ DuPont scraps $5.2 bln Rogers buyout due to China hurdles
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

DuPont said the termination of the deal was agreed with Rogers as they have been unable to obtain timely clearance from all the required regulators. Shares of engineering materials maker Rogers plunged 43% in extended trading on Tuesday, while those of DuPont rose about 6%. The collapsed Rogers deal is the most prominent global acquisition to be called off in four years due to Chinese regulatory hurdles. In 2018, Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) walked away from a $44 billion deal to buy NXP Semiconductors (NXPI.O) after failing to secure Chinese regulatory approval amid China-U.S. trade tensions. DuPont added it would pay Rogers a termination fee of $162.5 million.

☆ DuPont pulls the plug on $5.2 bln buyout of Rogers on clearance issues
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Yousef Saba | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Nov 1 (Reuters) - Chemicals maker DuPont De Nemours Inc (DD.N) said on Tuesday it was terminating its $5.2 billion buyout of Rogers Corp (ROG.N) as they were unable to obtain timely regulatory clearances for the deal. Rogers shares plunged 43% in extended trading, while those of DuPont rose about 6%. DuPont added it would pay Rogers a termination fee of $162.5 million. The companies said in September that they had received all regulatory approvals for the deal except from China. Reporting by Ruhi Soni in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'SilvaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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