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Dow And DuPont Announce Merger, Intend To Spin Into Three Publicly Traded Companies
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 8:40am | 629Read More...Dow Chemical Co (NYSE: DOW) and E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD) made their merger official on Friday. The companies confirmed the combined entity will proceed to split into three "highly focused leading businesses." The companies noted the "highly synergistic...
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Jefferies Is Playing The Chemical Sector, But Sees 'More Murk Likely'
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 2:14pm | 567Read More...Laurence Alexander of Jefferies commented in a note that chemical rallies could "fade often and sharply." Alexander noted the "widely-acknowledged" lack of real demand visibility has morphed the defensive stance of chemical stocks that "worked" in 2015 into a "barbell approach." Alexander...
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Bio-Plastics Come To Brazil
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 2:20pm | 266Read More...A new partnership could help to bring bio-plastics to medicine cabinet near you. Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) and Japan's Mitsui have formed a new Brazilian joint venture in order to turn sugar cane into ethanol and plastic. The pair plan on creating the world's largest integrated facility for...
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Natural Gas Glut Fuels A Chemical Boom
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 3:07pm | 327Read More...Odds are, you've never heard of ethylene. However, the basic commodity chemical is the foundation to many more complex products such as paint, plastics and glue. What's more exciting, is the price for this basic chemical has skyrocketed about 70% over the last eight months. Overall increasing...
