Brooke Sutherland, Columnist

Stars Align for DowDuPont

Low commodity prices and a new DuPont CEO make now the right time for a deal.

December 11, 2015 at 5:29 PM UTC

Brooke Sutherland is Bloomberg News' Boston bureau chief and writes the Industrial Strength Newsletter. She was previously a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering deals and industrial companies and an M&A reporter for Bloomberg News.

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DowDuPont is finally getting its day.

Dow Chemical and DuPont said Friday they plan to merge, then split into three companies focused on agricultural products, commodity chemicals and specialty chemicals such as those used in solar panels.