The article offers world news briefs related to business activities. AkzoNobel is acquiring Dow Chemical Co.'s power coatings business. Nano-silver medical products manufacturer Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp. is selling all of its operations and assets to Smith & Nephew PLC for 21 million dollars. Syngenta AG has signed a supply agreement for its fungicide azoxystrobin with Makhteshim Agan.