The DuPont Company will eliminate 1,500 agriculture jobs and cut output of herbicides and pesticides in a plan to increase spending on genetically modified seeds, the company said yesterday.	Shell made the offer after months of pressure by Russia?’s environmental regulators, who threatened to freeze work on the project by revoking critical operating permits.	Hewlett-Packard?’s longtime chief financial officer, Robert P. Wayman, will give up the post this month and his seat on the company?’s board in March.
Congress is offering a raise to Medicare doctors who report how often they provide quality care, as defined by the government.	This is the first time the fund, Breeden Capital Management, has sought to wage a shareholder fight.	Wall Street extended its advance yesterday as investors digested new takeover developments and placed bets ahead of the Federal Reserve?’s decision on interest rates.