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Chemical bonding as Dow and Du Pont (reportedly) hold merger talks

Du Pont and Dow Chemical reported to be in merger talks? When we flagged Du Pont’s new, but supposedly ‘temporary’ CEO, Edward Breen as a man to watch (6 Oct post “du Pont – So bad its now good!), given his record at TYCO, we had not expected him to have such a rapid impact […]

du Pont – So bad its now good!

Guidance slashed and CEO dumped. Shares bounce however on appointment of break-up artist and more layoffs. Up until today (6 Oct 2015) the narrative of a weakening underlying performance from macro and fx headwinds (particularly around Brazil and Agriculture) was trumping the speculative aspirations of activist shareholders such as Peltz and an EPS guidance […]