LONDON, March 27- Bipartisan bills introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate aim to avert the imminent shutdown of the Federal Helium Reserve, which provides a third of all the gas consumed worldwide, and develop a proper market to avoid a long-term crunch in supplies of one of the world's most critical raw materials.
Feb 6- The corner is far from turned in Europe, but for some U.S. companies there is a sense that they have reached- or can at least see- a bottom after years of weakness, a welcome change that could help boost profits in 2013..
*Praxair expects FY13 revenue to rise 7 pct. Jan 23- Industrial gas suppliers Praxair Inc and Air Products and Chemicals Inc expect their order backlog to prop up results this year despite weak economic growth in most of their markets.