In the sector overall though, Johnson sees unwavering demand in specialty car makers, such as Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), Mercedes-Benz and Lexus, because they don't have the same huge footprint as the bigger car manufacturers, but it also means that they don't need to make as many sales to see profits.

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Schneiderman plays a dual role here, as New York AG and co-head of the Obama administration Residential Mortgage Backed Securities Working Group.

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But DuPont will continue to face stiff competition from other giants such as Syngenta AG, Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences , who are aiming at Asia-Pacific to grow aggressively as well.

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When EY was as difficult and non-cooperative as they seem to have been with Valukas, the NY AG decided to redirect their energies to the auditors.

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Among them were specialty-chemicals maker Evonik Industries AG and insurance company Talanx AG both based in Germany as well as Russian telecom firm MegaFon and investment-bid vehicle Tungsten Corp.

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Schering Corporation was established in the late 1800s as the U.S. subsidiary of Schering AG, a German-based pharmaceutical and chemical company.

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The approval of a new drug, made by Germany's Schering AG (nyse: SHR - news - people ), has been delayed as a result of the controversy.

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The company could also strike a friendly deal with minority shareholders by spinning off the non-Mongolian assets, plus cash, to investors, the scenario analysts such as those at Credit Suisse AG see as most likely.

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