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News Breaks February 19, 2013 08:34 EDT MA, DOW MasterCard CEO elected to Dow Chemical board The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) announced that Ajay Banga, president and CEO of MasterCard (MA), has been elected to Dow’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. News For MA;DOW From The Last 14 Days Check below for free stories on MA;DOW the last two weeks. Sign up for a free trial to see the rest of the stories you've been missing. May 16, 2013 08:08 EDT DOW Dow Chemical's Enlist Duo Herbicide approved for use in Canada Dow Chemical's wholly owned subsidiary Dow AgroSciences announced that Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved Enlist Duo herbicide with Colex-D Technology for use in Canada. This approval, which makes Canada the first nation to authorize this herbicide, is a milestone for the company’s Enlist Weed Control System. 06:15 EDT DOW Dow ordered to pay $1.2B in urethane price-fixing case, Bloomberg reports Subscribe for More Information May 15, 2013 07:33 EDT DOW National Association of Business Economics to hos a conference Subscribe for More Information May 14, 2013 06:44 EDT MA Visa Europe offers to reduce inter-bank fees, Reuters says Visa Europe, the European licensee of Visa (V), is prepared to reduce its interbank credit fees by 50% for four years in order to terminate an EU antitrust probe and prevent itself from possibly being fined, according to Reuters. The reduction would lower Visa Europe's interbank credit fees to 0.3%, the same level as that of MasterCard (MA), EU stated, Reuters reported. Reference Link May 10, 2013 08:27 EDT MA MasterCard management to meet with Deutsche Bank Subscribe for More Information May 9, 2013 09:23 EDT MA MasterCard management to meet with Deutsche Bank Meetings to be held in Los Angeles/Pasadena on May 9 hosted by Deutsche Bank. May 8, 2013 08:09 EDT MA MasterCard management to meet with Deutsche Bank Subscribe for More Information 07:39 EDT DOW W.R. Grace a natural buyer of Dow polypropylene assets, says Piper Jaffray After visiting W.R. Grace's (GRA) headquarters, Piper Jaffray raised its price target for shares to $95 from $90 and keeps an Overweight rating on the stock. Piper views Grace as a natural buyer of the Dow Chemical (DOW) polypropylene catalyst assets that are coming on the market over the next 4-6 weeks. May 7, 2013 10:43 EDT MA SmartMetric claims $13.4B in patent infringement suit brought against Visa, MasterCard Subscribe for More Information 09:10 EDT DOW Dow Chemical confirms receipt of $2.2B in cash proceeds from PIC The Dow Chemical Company announced that it has completed final resolution of the K-Dow arbitration with Petrochemical Industries Company of Kuwait, and confirms that Dow has received a direct cash payment of $2.2B from PIC. Payment reflects the full damages awarded by the International Chamber of Commerce, as well as recovery of Dow’s costs. 09:03 EDT DOW Dow AgroSciences receives U.S. EPA registration for sulfoxaflor Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, announced that U.S. regulatory authorities have approved the new insecticidal active ingredient, sulfoxaflor to be marketed in the U.S. as Transform and Closer. The U.S. registration, and the recent Canadian registration, are the result of a Global Joint Review which also includes Australia. Australian sulfoxaflor registration is expected by third quarter 2013. South Korea, Panama, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Guatemala have already registered sulfoxaflor and additional global registrations are expected in the near future. 07:31 EDT MA Susquehanna to host a conference Subscribe for More Information 07:23 EDT MA Jefferies to host a conference Subscribe for More Information May 6, 2013 08:30 EDT DOW LyondellBasell and Dow have upside form lower ethane costs, says Morgan Stanley Subscribe for More Information 05:56 EDT DOW U.S. natural gas exports helped by geopolitical debate, WSJ reports Subscribe for More Information Sign up for a free trial to see the rest of the stories you've been missing.