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Terra Nitrogen shares bounce as default fears ease 8 Mar 2010
Shares in the fertilizer group bounce from their lowest close since December 2008 after it signals it can fill a potential $50m credit hole |
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Opinion: the silver lining to CF's lofty Terra bid 3 Mar 2010
What's needed to reveal it is for the offer to fail. Then CF might be able to use its generosity to its own advantage. By Mike Verdin |
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CF resumes battle for Terra with $4.7bn bid 2 Mar 2010
CF, which quit its year-long quest for its rival in December, returns with sweetened terms aimed at breaking up a Terra-Yara deal |
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Terra and Yara were in talks nearly two years ago 25 Feb 2010
Terra's $4.1bn purchase by its Norwegian peer was in the works for a while, even while CF Industries was offering an alternative tie-up
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Potash giants agree 20% price cut with India 19 Feb 2010
North American producers are to supply 600,000 tonnes to India at $370 a tonne, down from $460 a tonne in a deal struck last July |
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Rupee's rise threatens Indian textiles revival 17 Feb 2010
The rupee's appreciation could reverse a rebound in textiles exports, Fitch says, noting also a varying impact from higher cotton prices |
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Fertilizer market in 'sweet spot', says CF 16 Feb 2010
The US nutrients group says corn prices are in an "optimal zone", yet supplies of some fertilizer are tight, as it forecasts a strong 2010 |
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Yara shares revive as analysts warm to Terra bid 16 Feb 2010
Ratings agencies threaten to downgrade the fertilizer group following its $4.1bn purchase. But equity analysts find plus points in the deal |
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Yara tightens grip on US with $4bn Terra purchase 15 Feb 2010
The Norwegian nitrogen giant is to undertake a $2.0bn-2.5bn rights issue to help pay for a deal aimed at making it a "truly global leader" |
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Inventory clear-out dents MA Industries' profits 4 Feb 2010
The maker of generic agrichemicals says 2009 earnings fell to half the levels analysts have forecast, but heralds better profitability |
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UK farm strategy 'lacks bite', Washington told 26 Jan 2010
Measures in the UK's flagship Food 2030 strategy are largely "not new", a US attache says, but adds that the document is "ambitious" in its vision |
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Kazakh cropland the size of Israel lying vacant 22 Jan 2010
Kazakhstan could lift its arable area by 10%, USDA staff say, after a field trip which hears that one Deere combine is worth four Russian ones |
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