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Ball Horticultural, a U.S. company and one of the leaders in ornamental plant cuttings and seed production in the world, recently announced it will develop a US$15 million hydroponic project in Nicaragua.

Cadbury PLC revealed Monday it has received approaches from rival suitors to Kraft Foods Inc. as the British candymaker launched a robust defense against the U.S. company's attempts to buy it "on the cheap" with a 9.8 billion pound ($16.3 billion) hostile bid.

Chinese officials signed an agreement with First Solar, an American solar developer, for a 2,000-megawatt photovoltaic farm to be built in the Mongolian desert.

Gunmen fired on a bus that had just dropped off employees working for U.S. company Freeport at the world's biggest gold mine Wednesday, a company spokesman said.

With the U.S. economy expected to emerge this year from the longest recession since World War II, business forecasters are feeling a bit less gloomy about the future.

The man who led the rescue of Chrysler in the 1980s has words of welcome for Fiat chief Sergio Marchionne after the Italian automaker's takeover of the U.S. company.

The man who led the rescue of Chrysler in the 1980s welcomes Fiat chief Sergio Marchionne after the Italian automaker's takeover of the U.S. company.

American International Group is planning to spin off its Asian life insurance unit in an initial public offering as the faltering U.S. company seeks to repay billions in government bailout funding.