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DuPont shareholders keep combined CEO, board chair

DuPont shareholders again rejected a proposal calling for the company's chairman to be an independent director and not have served as a DuPont executive. Full story

DuPont profit doubles as drought boosts farm sales

(Reuters) - Chemicals maker DuPont's <DD.N> quarterly profit more than doubled as the worst dry spell in decades encouraged U.S. farmers to buy its drought-hardy seeds and crop-protection products to boost yields. Full story

Monsanto, DuPont settle lawsuits, set new $1.75 billion deal

(Reuters) - Monsanto Co and DuPont have settled a bitter legal battle over rights to technology for genetically modified seeds and will drop antitrust and patent claims against each other while forging a new collaboration, the companies said on Tuesday. Full story

Market Roadmap: Earnings Ahead & Boeing

   Taking a closer look at earnings from Verizon, DuPont and other companies, and discussing Boeing's focus on fixing its 787 Dreamliner's battery system, with the "Squawk on the Street" team.

Analysis: Painted into a corner, DuPont tries to reinvent itself

NEW YORK (Reuters) - DuPont <DD.N>, the 210-year-old chemical company, is under pressure to exit its lucrative but unpredictable paint business as it focuses more on food and agriculture products. Full story

DuPont curtailing spending due to "fiscal cliff"

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chemical maker DuPont <DD.N> will spend less on capital projects next year than initially planned due to uncertainty about the U.S. "fiscal cliff," Chief Executive Ellen Kullman said in an interview. Full story

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A view of the Dupont logo on a sign at the Dupont Chestnut Run Plaza facility near Wilmington, Delaware, in this April 17, 2012, file photo. Chemicals maker DuPont forecast further strong growth in demand for its seeds and pesticides after it more than doubled quarterly profit, reinforcing a push

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A view of the Dupont logo on a sign at the Dupont Chestnut Run Plaza facility near Wilmington, Delaware
A view of the Dupont logo on a sign at the Dupont Chestnut Run Plaza facility near Wilmington, Delaware

A view of the Dupont logo on a sign at the Dupont Chestnut Run Plaza facility near Wilmington, Delaware, April 17, 2012. REUTERS/Tim Shaffer

Paul Schickler, president of DuPont's Pioneer Hi-Bred unit, known also as DuPont Pioneer, speaks during an interview in Chicago
Paul Schickler, president of DuPont's Pioneer Hi-Bred unit, known also as DuPont Pioneer, speaks during an interview in Chicago

Paul Schickler, president of DuPont's Pioneer Hi-Bred unit, known also as DuPont Pioneer, speaks during an interview in Chicago February 22, 2013. U.S. farmers are clamoring for more drought-hardy corn seeds as the spring planting season nears and soils remain parched across large swaths of key grow