Rohm & Haas Company

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Dow Chemical says it has agreed to buy specialty chemicals maker Rohm and Haas for $78 per share, or more than $15 billion. Based on the per-share purchase price and the roughly 196 million shares Rohm and Haas had outstanding as of April 22, the deal...

Dow Chemical Co. said Thursday that it had agreed to buy Rohm & Haas Co., a specialty chemicals-maker, for about $18.8 billion. The deal, the biggest in Dow's 101-year history, is being financed with equity investments of $3 billion by Berkshire Hathaway...

Dow Chemical Co. has agreed to buy rival Rohm & Haas Co. for more than $15 billion in cash in a deal that Dow hopes will fuel its growth in a more lucrative wing of the chemical-making business. "The addition of Rohm & Haas' portfolio is game-changing...

Wall Street stumbled through another volatile session but ended with a respectable gain yesterday after a multibillion-dollar deal between Dow Chemical and rival Rohm and Haas helped offset concerns about the financial sector and energy costs. Shares...

Dow Chemical Co. will buy rival chemicals maker Rohm and Haas Co. for more than $15 billion in a deal the chemical giant said Thursday was a lynchpin for growth. The $78 per-share deal includes money from a Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund and Warren...

Dow Chemical Co. has agreed to buy rival Rohm and Haas Co. for more than $15 billion in cash in a deal that Dow hopes will fuel its growth in a more lucrative wing of the chemical-making business. The deal, the biggest in Dow's 101-year history, is being...

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