Texas Industries, dissidents rip each other days before annual meet; proxy group weighs in

October 12th, 2009 Leading Cuban dissidents cheer Obama's Nobel prizeHAVANA — Many of the 75 activists jailed in a 2003 Cuban government crackdown on political dissent are congratulating Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. In a letter released Monday to international journalists, 29 of those imprisoned six years ago said Obama "has become a global symbol, especially for us who, under difficult conditions, are defending Cubans' right to democracy." In another letter, 21 of their wives, mothers and other female relatives also cheered Obama.

October 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group has agreed to pay under protest a marketing margin to Reliance Industries for the gas supplied from the Krishna-Godavari basin, over and above the price formulae of the government. In a letter to the oil ministry, the group has queried if the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries was entitled to charge the margin, as neither the company has undertaken such an exercise nor has the government's price formulae enabled such a provision.

October 9th, 2009 DUBAI - The leaders of the petroleum and chemical industries in the Gulf region will meet here Dec 8-10 to discuss the impact of the economic crisis as well as other global and regional issues, WAM news agency reported Friday. More than 1,000 delegates from across the world are expected to attend the Fourth Annual Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) Forum conference here in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

September 18th, 2009 Texas group derides scent IDs as junk scienceDALLAS — A group that tries to free wrongly convicted people says scent identifications using trained dogs are based on junk science and should be scrapped. The Innocence Project of Texas says it will release a report next week outlining its reasons why scent identifications should be inadmissible in court.

September 15th, 2009 Reports: Medvedev wants to meet US 'dissidents'MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he would like to meet with "dissidents" when he visits the U.S. next week. Russian news agencies quote him as telling a group of visiting foreign experts that "I believe there are dissidents in the United States." ITAR-Tass quotes him as saying: "Let them tell me what problems the United States has.

September 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries is in talks with the Sri Lankan government for exploring oil in the island country. The government is "in talks with Reliance for petroleum exploration", Sri Lanka's Minister of Investment Promotion Navin Dissanayake told reporters here Monday.

September 4th, 2009 Alamo Group to acquire Bush HogSEGUIN, Texas — Agriculture and road maintenance equipment maker Alamo Group Inc. said Friday that it agreed to acquire Bush Hog LLC, an outdoor equipment producer, in an all-stock transaction.

August 21st, 2009 Texas Industries, Disney investor group clashNEW YORK — Shares of Texas Industries Inc. rose Friday as it clashed publicly with a private equity fund founded by a nephew of Walt Disney.

July 15th, 2009 Texas Industries posts 4Q loss on hefty chargeDALLAS — Cement maker Texas Industries Inc. on Wednesday posted a fiscal fourth-quarter loss, reversing a year-earlier profit, as the economy sagged and the company booked a big charge for its cement operations in California.

June 29th, 2009 Agrium says CF Industries resisting stillCALGARY, Alberta — The chief executive of Agrium Inc. says rival fertilizer company CF Industries Holdings Inc.

June 27th, 2009 KOLKATA - BK Birla Group of Companies will increase the promoters' stake in group firms like Mangalam Cement, Century Enka and Kesoram to around 50 percent in a few years, chairman Basant Kumar Birla said here Saturday. "It is desirable to increase promoter holding in group companies to half (50 percent) of company shares where we have low holdings," Birla said on the sidelines of the annual general meeting of Century Enka.

June 25th, 2009 Calif. board weighs pollution tax on industriesSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California regulators are considering a proposal to impose the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and other polluting industries.

June 3rd, 2009 Biogen calls proxy vote recess in fight with IcahnNEW YORK — Biogen Idec Inc. called a recess at its annual meeting Wednesday as activist investor Carl Icahn attempted to place dissident nominees on the board amid a contentious yearslong fight with the company.

April 29th, 2009 Delta execs prepare employees for proxyATLANTA — Delta Air Lines Inc.'s top two executives sought to prepare employees and investors Wednesday for what they will see when the world's largest airline operator files its proxy: large total compensation figures for the leaders in 2008, a year in which the company posted a net loss of $8.9 billion. Chief Executive Richard Anderson and President Ed Bastian took the unusual step of providing their W-2 earnings for last year in a memo to employees that also was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

April 22nd, 2009 Texas group indicates it'll sue over $450M biolabSAN ANTONIO — A group of Texas research facilities has indicated they will sue the Department of Homeland Security over its selection of a Kansas site for a planned $450 million biodefense laboratory. The Texas group filed notice in federal court in Washington on Wednesday indicating their intention to sue.