How PPG lost its $29.5 billion bet on Dulux paint In early March, U.S. paint maker PPG (PPG.N)'s Chief Executive Michael McGarry flew from Pittsburgh to Amsterdam to take Akzo Nobel (AKZO.AS) boss Ton Buechner for lunch. There, the 59-year-old American ambushed Buechner with a takeover plan and price tag […]

Investors expect to meet with Exxon on climate-impact report Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) investors will push to meet with oil company officials this summer to hash out elements of a climate-impact analysis following a shareholder vote calling for studies of technology and climate-related risks to its business. Exxon has said […]