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Expect brokerage analysts to check their history books and rethink their recommendations
Berkshire Hathaway likes the German group’s strategy just as it is
Buying Chemtura looks shrewd and affordable
Shares in German chemicals group jump on news of €2.4bn acquisition of US rival
Group rewards investors consistently at the same time as carrying out a complex reorganisation
Currency slide and ban on western products sees consumers and companies opt for Russian-made goods
New share issue to fund restructuring at German chemical company
Zachert’s departure may stall the bigger shake-up investors expected
Heitmann to step down as reliance on car sector takes toll
The once-spurned chemicals group has been transformed
Prices of US natural gas challenge Mideast feedstock advantage for chemicals and plastics making
Sector in better shape to weather latest economic headwinds
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