THE STORY SO FAR

In the Aixtron case, the company said on Monday that the economy ministry had withdrawn a so-called clearance certificate for Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund Aixtron wants to assist the bidder and authorities to alleviate possible concerns about the takeover Grand Chip agreed in May to buy Aixtron in a deal valued

at $728 million Aixtron shares dropped 8.3% to ^5.32 and traded 6.2% lower as of 10:13 am on Monday in Frankfurt