Paris | Reuters — Agricultural commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Co. (LDC) has created a food and feed solutions business line as part of efforts to diversify its activities in step […] Read more
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Commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus creates food solutions unit
Company to draw on existing oilseeds processing portfolio
Competition Bureau’s call for Manitoba elevator sale rejected
Bureau 'carefully reviewing' Competition Tribunal decision
A federal antitrust tribunal’s decision may soon make Canadian grain firm Parrish and Heimbecker the uncontested owner of the full set of Louis Dreyfus’ Prairie grain elevators. In a decision […] Read more
Louis Dreyfus suspends operations in Russia
Paris | Reuters — Louis Dreyfus Co., (LDC), one of the world’s largest agricultural commodity merchants, has suspended its operations in Russia, it said on Friday. LDC did not provide […] Read more
Dreyfus chair owes US$240 million after ADQ deal
Stake sale's proceeds going to repay loan
Paris | Reuters — Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, chairperson and main shareholder of Louis Dreyfus Co., borrowed about $240 million from Credit Suisse in a reduced loan arrangement following the sale of […] Read more
Dreyfus, others shut soy crushers in China on power curbs
'Cash is on fire'
Beijing | Reuters — Soymeal prices in China, the world’s top consumer of the animal feed ingredient, are rising after at least 20 soybean crushing plants shuttered to comply with […] Read more
Louis Dreyfus completes stake sale to ADQ
Deal includes long-term supply line to UAE
Paris | Reuters — Louis Dreyfus Co. (LDC) said on Friday it had completed the sale of a 45 per cent indirect stake to Abu Dhabi holding firm ADQ, marking […] Read more
Louis Dreyfus to gain first outside investor
Abu Dhabi's ADQ fund to acquire indirect 45 per cent stake
Paris | Reuters — Louis Dreyfus Co. (LDC) has agreed to sell a 45 per cent stake to Abu Dhabi’s ADQ, the companies said on Wednesday, the first outside investment […] Read more
Dreyfus reportedly in talks to sell stake to Abu Dhabi’s ADQ
Reuters — Commodity trader Louis Dreyfus Corp. is in talks to sell a stake to Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with […] Read more
Louis Dreyfus adds venture capital unit
New unit's potential budget not yet discussed publicly
Paris | Reuters — Agricultural commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Co. has launched a venture capital program to invest in food and farming firms while also announcing a change of head […] Read more
P+H to challenge regulators’ request for elevator sale
Case to be heard sometime at later end of fall
Grain firm Parrish and Heimbecker aims to keep its now-expanded Prairie elevator network intact against a proposed order from federal antitrust regulators. Winnipeg-based, privately-held P+H in September announced a deal […] Read more
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