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Dow, DuPont agree to combine in historic merger of equals

Dow and DuPont plan to divide the combined company into three publicly traded businesses, one of which would focus on agricultural products including herbicides and genetically modified seeds—the core business of Dow's Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences unit. DuPont also has a large ag unit.

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Lilly separating manufacturing of animal health drugs

Eli Lilly and Co. is in the process of separating the manufacturing of its animal health drugs from the facilities used to make its traditional pharmaceuticals, a move that potentially could make it easier to spin off the division one day.

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UnitedHealth says it should have waited on Obamacare

UnitedHealth Group Inc. should have stayed out of Obamacare’s new individual markets longer, the CEO of the health insurer said Tuesday. The company expects losses from the plans this year and next to total more than a half-billion dollars.

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