Source: Ray Gronberg, NEWS & OBSERVER, 8/1/18


More than 420 people who work in Research Triangle Park got a new set of bosses on Wednesday, thanks to a nearly $9 billion deal between two German mega-corporations. BASF closed Wednesday on a pair of previously announced acquisitions from Bayer AG that gave it control of Bayer’s seed and herbicide businesses. All told, BASF gained more than 4,500 new employees worldwide.

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