DuPont

DuPont doubles down

Amrutha Gayathri and Swetha Gopinath, Reuters

January 26, 2016

Chemicals and seed producer DuPont's quarterly profit topped analysts' estimates as the company intensifies its cost-cutting efforts ahead of its merger with Dow Chemical Co. 

Dow/DuPont deal is about the taxes

Greg Roumeliotis and Mike Stone, Reuters

December 15, 2015

The tax-free treatment of the spin-offs Dow Chemical Co and DuPont plan to carry out after they merge their businesses is a prime driv

DuPont consolidates

Sneha Banerjee, Reuters

November 2, 2015

Chemicals and seed maker DuPont said it would consolidate some businesses within two units.

DuPont faces down activist challenge

Tom Hals, Reuters

May 14, 2015

DuPont repelled a board challenge from activist investor Nelson Peltz on Wednesday, dealing him a surprising blow after shareholders backed all 12 directors nominated by the U.S. chemical conglomerate's management.

Stocks slide on disappointing GDP

Joseph Ciolli and Callie Bost, Bloomberg

January 30, 2015

Economic growth in the U.S. is slowing--our economy expanded at a slower pace than forecast in the fourth quarter. Data is clouding the picture.