Huntsman Drops Aristech Bid: Huntsman Holdings Corp.,...
From Times Staff and Wire Service Reports
Huntsman Drops Aristech Bid: Huntsman Holdings Corp., whose unsolicited $813-million bid for Aristech Chemical Corp. prompted the chemicals company to seek a Japanese “white knight,” has dropped its offer. The Pittsburgh-based polymers and chemicals firm has agreed to be acquired for $845 million by a management-led group and Mitsubishi Corp. of Japan.
