K+S asks German government to help fend off takeover-Handelsblatt
July 29, 2015 at 02:14 AM EDT
FRANKFURT, July 29 (Reuters) - German potash and salt miner K+S has turned to German economy minister Sigmar Gabriel for help against an unwanted takeover approach by Canadian rival Potash Corp, and has discussed the option of German state bank KfW taking a stake in K+S, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.