[AP] - A $926 million award to thousands of Colorado homeowners in a lawsuit involving plutonium contamination from a now-defunct nuclear weapons plant was thrown out Friday by a federal appeals court.
[Business Wire] - INDIANAPOLIS & GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.----Dow AgroSciences LLC announced today it is acquiring the assets of the Colorado based seed company Grand Valley Hybrids. The addition of Grand Valley complements Dow AgroSciences’ Mycogen Seeds brand and its western U.S. silage business.
[AP] - A former Indiana scientist accused of illegally sending trade secrets worth $300 million to China and Germany was ordered detained Tuesday on rare charges of economic espionage.
[AP] - California lawmakers have rejected a bill seeking to ban plastic shopping bags after a contentious debate over whether the state was going too far in trying to regulate personal choice.
[AP] - Using plastic shopping bags could join indoor smoking and behind-the-wheel texting as the latest discouraged activity in California if lawmakers succeed in passing the country's first statewide ban on disposable bags.
[AP] - The Dow Chemical Co. spent $2.7 million in the second quarter to lobby Congress and several federal agencies on issues ranging from energy efficiency to defense, according to a recent disclosure report.
[at Financial Times] - India's Supreme Court is reopening the Bhopal gas disaster case, after a huge public outcry at the lenient sentences recently handed down to the former Indian top management at the blighted Union Carbide pesticide plant.
Dow AgroSciences LLC announced today it is acquiring the assets of the Colorado based seed company Grand Valley Hybrids. The addition of Grand Valley complements Dow AgroSciences' Mycogen Seeds brand... (Source: Press Release)
The Justice Department said Tuesday it has charged a former research scientist for Dow AgroSciences LLC with stealing company trade secrets and attempting to develop them in China.... (Source: Dow Jones Newswires)
The Justice Department said Tuesday it has charged a former research scientist for Dow AgroSciences LLC with stealing company trade secrets and attempting to develop them in China. The department said... (Source: Dow Jones Newswires)
