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<title>Week in review, April 27</title>
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<description>Barrick Gold’s Munk takes everything in his stride; Bogus terror tweet spurs Twitter to reassess security; Daimler and VW drive into European downturn</description>
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<description>Decision by the Canadian fertiliser producer comes amid mounting opposition to the takeover in Israel on fears it would move output to Jordan</description>
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<description>Earnings more than double as demand surges for genetically modified seeds among farmers wary of a repeat of the worst US drought in years</description>
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<description>Finance minister Yair Lapid vows to defend the ‘state’s rights’, in a move that could derail one of the biggest deals in the country’s history</description>
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<description>Plastic maker makes up for medical weakness on the back of lower demand from some spinal implant customers</description>
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<description>FTSE 250 group’s shares fall 35% after the announcement from the provider of speciality chemicals, which go into products such as Apple’s iPad</description>
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<description>Chemicals tech group wants to make oil and plastics from discarded carbon-rich materials such as household refuse and flare gas from oilfields</description>
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<description>The Canadian company’s efforts to raise its stake to a controlling position has caused an outbreak of resource nationalism over the Israeli group</description>
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<description>German group’s owners seek to revive much-delayed IPO as investment agency extends interest in companies with exposure to long-term demographic trends</description>
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<description>Industrial gases group enjoys solid results and can look ahead to €2.5bn-worth of projects due to come on stream before 2016, mostly in growth markets</description>
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<description>Shares in Egyptian fertiliser and construction group fell more than 3%, helping to drag the EGX 30 benchmark index down 2.3 per cent</description>
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