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Bureau Veritas snaps up Inspectorate

The French certification company Bureau Veritas has agreed to buy the commodities testing and inspection firm Inspectorate for £450 million from UK-based Inspicio, it has been a

AkzoNobel to sell National Starch business for $1.3 billion

AkzoNobel has announced the sale of its National Starch business to Corn Products International for $1.3 billion in cash.

Agreement signed for European pipeline

A group led by the Italian energy group Edison has signed a deal for a pipeline to carry Caspian gas to Italy via Turkey and the Adriatic, cutting Europe’s dependence on Russia