Chemicals powerhouse. According to reports, two of americas oldest companies, dupont and dow chemical, are in advanced merger talks. Both have market values around 60 billion, and the deal will likely be billed as a merger of equals. The wall street journal reports the combined firm would then split into three focused on agriculture, Speciality Chemicals and materials, and that sent shares of both companies soaring. Both dow component dupont and dow chemical rallied about an equal amount, a little less than 12 . If the deal goes through, it would cap a tumultuous year for dupont, whose ceo stepped down in october after winning a proxy battle waged by an activist investor. And a merger would be one of the years biggest. Reporter why . Why would dupont, founded more than 200 years ago, and dow, more than 100 years old, the top two suppliers of Industrial Chemicals and crop seeds, join forces . Growth . Sure. A slowgrowth economy is not a great way to keep shareholders of an industrial gi
Merger that would create a chemicals powerhouse. According to reports, two of americas oldest companies, dupont and dow chemical, are in advanced merger talks. Both have market values around 60 billion, and the deal will likely be billed as a merger of equals. The wall street journal reports the combined firm would then split into three focused on agriculture, Speciality Chemicals and materials, and that sent shares of both companies soaring. Both dow component dupont and dow chemical rallied about an equal amount, a little less than 12 . If the deal goes through, it would cap a tumultuous year for dupont, whose ceo stepped down in october after winning a proxy battle waged by an activist investor. And a merger would be one of the years biggest. Reporter why . Why would dupont, founded more than 200 years ago, and dow, more than 100 years old, the top two suppliers of Industrial Chemicals and crop seeds, join forces . Growth . Sure. A slowgrowth economy is not a great way to keep share
Merger that would create a chemicals powerhouse. According to reports, two of americas oldest companies, dupont and dow chemical, are in advanced merger talks. Both have market values around 60 billion, and the deal will likely be billed as a merger of equals. The wall street journal reports the combined firm would then split into three focused on agriculture, Speciality Chemicals and materials, and that sent shares of both companies soaring. Both dow component dupont and dow chemical rallied about an equal amount, a little less than 12 . If the deal goes through, it would cap a tumultuous year for dupont, whose ceo stepped down in october after winning a proxy battle waged by an activist investor. And a merger would be one of the years biggest. Reporter why . Why would dupont, founded more than 200 years ago, and dow, more than 100 years old, the top two suppliers of Industrial Chemicals and crop seeds, join forces . Growth . Sure. A slowgrowth economy is not a great way to keep share
Was real, really critical to get this thing passed. Gerri appalling. Appalling. When someone associated with the president s signature legislation insults the American People, that is exactly what he did. Now today he is saying, he didnt mean it. He wants to take it all back but the damage is done, with more on this. Paul howard, senior fellow for the manhattan institute. This gets under my skin in a way i cant really tell you, when people insult the American People, we tried to trick them. It worked. We got the legislation passed. That is exactly what we meant to do. What is your reaction . Both parties will play threecard monty when it comes to the big programs like this but gerri this is whole different level. This is whole different level. President making promises the white 6 white house new that was wrong. Gruber said we had to be deliberately obtuse to the cbo couldnt score it properly. Gerri we had to tell the American People it wasnt a tax. That was the really. It was a tax. I
Decision to opt out of the system. We also hear from the rev. Al sharpton and benjamin crump, attorney for the brown family. Then we speak to Ricky Jackson who has just been freed from prison after spending 39 years behind bars for a crime he didnt commit. How does it feel . I am very happy. No words can describe how i feel right now. Just glad to be out. He is a longest holding prisoner ever to be exonerated. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests are set to begin for a third day a row in ferguson, missouri over grangers decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson for killing unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Dessert governor jay nixon to play more than 2000 National Guard troops to patrol the st. Louis area. Police said more than 40 people were arrested. Some Property Damage was reported, before less than monday night when buildings were burned and broken into. Protests against Police Brutalit