May 6, 2013
J.K. WallThe effort to launch the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute got $25 million from the Legislature, but the life sciences
institutions backing the effort have set their funding sights much higher.
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April 25, 2013
Mason King, Bloomberg NewsRecord sales for seeds and new crop protection products helped boost revenue 14 percent at Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences
LLC in its new fiscal year.
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February 21, 2013
Bloomberg NewsIndianapolis-based Dow Agrosciences LLC and two other pesticide makers won a bid to overturn U.S. National Marine Fisheries
Service proposals to protect salmon when an appeals court found the agency’s decision “arbitrary and capricious.”
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January 21, 2013
Joseph Kelsay, who had served as director of Indiana's Department of Agriculture since 2009, is joining Dow AgroSciences'
government affairs team as senior manager of biotechnology affairs.
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October 24, 2012
J.K. WallStrong demand from farmers boosted sales by 8 percent at Dow AgroSciences LLC in the third quarter, but continued investments
in new technologies slashed profits by 16 percent.
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October 2, 2012
The unsuccessful lawsuit filed by a subsidiary of Belgium-based Bayer Bioscience claimed that insect-resistant corn products
from affiliates of Dow AgroSciences violated two of its patents.
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September 28, 2012
The lawsuit, filed in December 2010 by Bayer CropScience SA, charged that Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences' herbicide-tolerance
technology infringed one of its patents.
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September 11, 2012
J.K. WallA coalition of vegetable growers and food producers led by Indiana-based Red Gold Inc. will ease off their opposition to a
new herbicide developed by Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC.
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August 6, 2012
J.K. WallEven though the potential payoff for health care innovation is less certain these days, the business case for new ways to
produce more food has never been stronger. That’s the analysis that lies behind BioCrossroads' new report an agricultural
innovation.
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July 26, 2012
The Indianapolis-based division of Dow Chemical Co. posted record second quarter sales of $1.7 billion, up 12 percent from
the year-ago period, due to a small increase in prices and the introduction of new products.
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April 26, 2012
J.K. WallSales at Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences grew 14 percent in the first quarter, to $1.8 billion, helped by an early planting
season in North America and a buoyant agricultural market.
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February 2, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe Indianapolis-based unit of Dow Chemical Co. saw earnings grow to $142 million, a fourth-quarter record and double the
$72 million reported for the 2010 period.
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December 31, 2011
IBJ StaffThe school said the work, involving seven students, at Dow AgroSciences represents its largest cross-discipline installation
to-date.
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December 21, 2011
Kexue Huang was sentenced after pleading guilty in October to sending Dow AgroSciences trade secrets to China and Germany.
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December 21, 2011
Scott OlsonFederal prosecutors are recommending that Kexue Huang be sentenced to 87 months in prison for sending trade secrets worth
millions to China and Germany.
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October 27, 2011
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsIndianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences on Thursday reported record third-quarter sales of $1.2 billion, up 27 percent from the
same period a year ago.
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October 18, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressKexue Huang faces up to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday morning to sending trade secrets worth millions to
China and Germany.
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September 15, 2011
Associated PressA former Indiana scientist has agreed to plead guilty to charges of illegally sending trade secrets worth $300 million to
China and Germany.
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July 27, 2011
Second-quarter revenue for the Indianapolis-based company increased 18 percent, to $1.5 billion. The company attributed the
gain to higher prices and stronger demand for its products.
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June 13, 2011
J.K. WallVi Shukla is a scientific leader at Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC, focused on its Exzact Precision
Technology tools for genetic engineering of plants and crops. Dow Agro used the technology in its own crop seed products,
and has also been licensing for use in tomatos and trees.
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April 28, 2011
IBJ StaffIndianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences on Thursday reported sales of $1.6 billion in its first quarter, up 17 percent from the
same period last year due to higher volume and increased prices.
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March 16, 2011
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis-based company released more details this month about its Enlist Weed Control System, which would genetically
modify corn, soybeans and cotton to be resistant to one of the most common weedkillers.
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March 1, 2011
Associated PressDow Chemical Co.'s agricultural division said it has taken the next step toward gaining international patent rights for
its new strain of genetically engineered corn that it says will help farmers battle a new strain of "super-weeds."
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February 3, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences on Thursday reported record fourth-quarter revenue of $1.3 billion, up 19 percent from
the prior-year period.
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November 20, 2010
IBJ StaffThe division of Dow Chemical has a 15-year lease with Indianapolis-based developer Browning Investments on the two-story building
near West 96th Street.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.