International Business News - SYT http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The European Union's food safety agency approved two genetically modified corns Friday, putting renewed pressure on EU nations to drop their objections to the use of biotech crops. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/eu-panel-oks-2-genetically-modified-corn-products.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:22:34 EDT Swiss agribusiness conglomerate Syngenta AG said Monday it agreed to buy flower seed producer Goldsmith Seeds Inc. for $74 million. Syngenta said it would keep the Goldsmith brand and would increase its position in the global flower industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081020/syngenta-acquires-goldsmith-seeds-for-74-million.htm Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:33:52 EDT Swiss agrochemical company Syngenta said Tuesday it has signed a crop-protection technology agreement with U.S. specialty chemicals maker DuPont Co. Under the deal's terms, the companies will share the costs to prepare regulatory studies for DuPont Cyazypyr, a new insecticide aimed to control moths and sucking insects such as leafhoppers and aphids. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/syngenta-dupont-in-crop-protection-technology-deal.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:11:54 EDT Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta spent $400,000 in the first quarter to lobby on pesticide legislation and other issues, according to a disclosure report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/syngenta-spent-400k-lobbying-government-in-1q.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:05:57 EDT Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta said Friday it has resolved a legal dispute with U.S.-rival Monsanto Co. over their respective corn and soybean businesses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/syngenta-monsanto-end-legal-dispute.htm Fri, 23 May 2008 16:50:18 EDT Environmental groups appealed to the European Union on Monday to reject applications from the biotech industry to approve one newly engineered potato variety and two corn crops. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/eu-urged-to-reject-3-new-biotech-crops.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 13:42:25 EDT