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.
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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.
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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.
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Congress is offering a raise to Medicare doctors who report how often they provide quality care, as defined by the government.
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This is the first time the fund, Breeden Capital Management, has sought to wage a shareholder fight.
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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.
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