German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA will buy U.S. biotech equipment maker Millipore Corp. in a deal valued at $7.2 billion including debt, according to media reports Sunday. Speculation about an acquisition ... Read More
Ford Motor Co. announced on Feb. 26 that it is investing $155 million and adding 60 jobs at its Cleveland operations to build a new fuel-efficient V-6 engine for the 2011 ... Read More
Solutia Inc. said Monday it plans to buy Etimex Solar GmbH, a company that supplies solar products, for nearly $325 million. Etimex Solar is a subsidiary of Germany-based Etimex Holding GmbH, ... Read More
Daimler AG says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s BYD Co. to develop jointly electric vehicles for the fast-growing Chinese market. Daimler said Monday the two companies envision ... Read More
Specialty drug and medical device maker Baxter International Inc. said Monday it will spend up to $330 million to acquire ApaTech, a privately held British concern that makes bone and soft ... Read More
Specialty chemical maker KMG Chemicals Inc. will spend approximately $24.7 million to buy the electronic chemicals business of General Chemical Performance Products LLC. KMG said Friday the deal includes about $7 ... Read More
The Coca-Cola Company confirmed Thursday morning that it had agreed to acquire the North American operations of its largest bottler, reversing a 24-year-old strategy of keeping its bottling operations separate from ... Read More
A government panel is now recommending that virtually all Americans get a flu shot each year, starting this fall. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices had gradually been expanding its recommendation ... Read More
To determine if there is cancer in one’s lymph nodes, a typically advanced stage requiring more aggressive treatment, pathologists are stuck performing several specific, detailed tests that may or may not ... Read More
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited has signed a three-year framework agreement with Gehrlicher Solar AG, one of the leading PV system integrators in Europe. The three-year agreement provides Yingli Green ... Read More