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Bayer sells HC Starck unit for $1.6 b

GERMANY: The German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant, Bayer, said on Thursday that it had agreed to sell its metals subsidiary HC Starck to private equity firms Advent and Carlyle for about $1.6 billion.

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