By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports
Ashland Inc., the biggest U.S. chemical distributor, agreed to buy Hercules Inc. for $2.6 billion in cash and stock to double earnings and gain chemicals used in paper-making, water treatment and construction.
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Business, Pages 33, 34 on 07/12/2008