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Brexit breakthrough: Frost tells Boris Johnson to expect deal NEXT WEEK
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Mr Frost and Mr Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, have been holding trade agreement talks in London as the Brexit deadline draws near. But the UK’s deal broker has told the Prime […]
Sika to buy former BASF chemicals company from Lone Star for $6 billion
ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss chemicals company Sika has agreed to buy MBCC Group for 5.5 billion Swiss francs ($6 billion) to boost its position in sustainable building, making its biggest ever acquisition in the fragmented $70 billion construction chemicals sector.FILE PHOTO: Logo of Swiss chemical group Sika is seen on a snow-covered roof of a branch […]