Corning, a supplier of components to fiber optic networks, fell almost 20percentt yesterday after it warned Wednesday that its first-quarter profits could be weaker than expected because capital markets were tightening and telecommunications companies were cutting spending.
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By merging with Monsanto, regulators found, Bayer would become a major supplier of corn seed.
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CORNING, -- Corning, N.Y., the leading supplier of optical fiber and cable, is spending $50 million over the next two years to expand its optical fiber manufacturing plant in Deeside in northern Wales.
Corning, the optical cable supplier, used to have four energy buyers; it now has one, whose main job is to be a liaison with a subsidiary of Amerada Hess, which has taken over the company's energy programs.
Corning Inc., the leading supplier of glass fiber, is expected to announce today that it has agreed to acquire the fiber-optic telecommunications business of Pirelli S.p.A., the Italian tire and cable maker, for about $3 billion, people close to the negotiations said yesterday.
C1 Nortel in Talks With Corning The telecommunications equipment giant Nortel Networks was said to be discussing a complex transaction to sell its fiber optics components business to Corning, the leading supplier of glass fiber.
