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...And Sir Jim does not pass up opportunities: last week Ineos added the resins business of US-based Ashland Global Holdings in a $1.1bn deal....
...Croda climbed after Reuters reported that the chemicals maker has ended talks to buy US-listed peer Ashland ....
...Chemical company Ashland moved forward on Tuesday with plans to spin-off automotive lubricant division Valvoline, with the latter filing for a $100m initial public offering....
...Daily newspaper franchises in the group, formerly Ottawa Newspapers, include the Cape Cod Times in Hyannis, Massachusetts, the Pocono Record in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and the Daily Tidings in Ashland...
...Investors’ confidence that Ashland has not lost its touch in this fairly large deal was reflected in a 9 per cent share price rise Tuesday morning....
...ISP will also provide Ashland with greater bulk in the energy, adhesives and paints markets....
...In materials, Ashland, Allegheny Technologies and Monsanto were among the leading gainers, advancing 5.2 per cent to $58.19, 5.1 per cent to $76.73 and 5.3 per cent to $125.32....
...In August, the group spent $1.3bn buying Ashland Paving and Construction from Ashland Inc, a US industrial group....
...Ashland, the chemicals and construction group, rose 4.7 per cent to $64.64 after the Irish construction company CRH said it was in talks to buy its asphalt and construction units....
...Chemicals and construction company Ashland dipped after it said it had agreed to sell its highway construction business to Irish construction group CRH for $1.3bn....
...Construction and chemicals group Ashland leapt 8.4 per cent to $66.95 after Irish construction group CRH said it was in talks to buy the company’s asphalt and construction units....
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