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February 27th, 2010
Dow strong relationships with Kuwait
Dow stronger relationships with Kuwait : National Abu Dhabi 06.02.10 Dow Chemical announced a major financial turnaround last week suppo... more
February 26th, 2010
Georges Soros on the Euro and Greece
Georges Soros on the Euro and Greece: Financial Times 22.02.10 The Euro will face bigger tests than Gree... more
February 26th, 2010
US Fed's investigates Wall Street Greek tradings
US Fed's investigates Wall Street Greek tradings: New York Times 26.02.10 by ... more
February 26th, 2010
Athens News: EU aid package inevitable
Athens News: EU aid package "inevitable": 22.02.2010 ... more
February 26th, 2010
Bayer sets modest targets for 2010
Bayer sets modest targets for 2010 : Reuters 25.02.10 LEVERKUSEN, Germany, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Germany's largest drugmaker, Bayer... more
February 26th, 2010
Brenntag IPO to proceed during 1st Half 2010
Brenntag IPO to proceed during 1st Half 2010: Reuters 25.02.10 By ... more
February 25th, 2010
BASF Q4 shining results
BASF shining Q4 results: Reuters 25.02.10  LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Quarterly results at German chemicals group BASF (... more
February 24th, 2010
Greece: Athens and Berlin intertwinned
Greece: Athens and Berlin intertwinned: Financial Times 24.02.10 Lots of sturm und drang lately in the ... more
February 24th, 2010
Braskem to invest in Mexico petrochemicals
Braskem to invest in Mexico petrochemicals: Reuters 24.02.10  PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Brazil's Braskem SA (... more
February 24th, 2010
Thermo Fisher to acquire Millipore
Thermo Fisher to acquire Millipore: Reuters 24.02.10 Feb 24 (Reuters) - Life-sciences tool maker Millipore Corp ... more
February 24th, 2010
French authorities investigate the gas cylinders market
French authorities investigate the gas cylinders market: Le Monde 23.02.10 Annie Kahn.   Four companies control since a long ti... more
February 23rd, 2010
Reliance increases its bid to buy LyondellBasell
Reliance increases its bid to buy LyondellBasell: Reuters 22.02.10 NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - ... more
February 22nd, 2010
The woman behind Greece's debt deal
The woman behind Greece's debt deal: Wall Street Journal 22.02.10 By ... more
February 21st, 2010
Huntsman's profits beat expectations
Huntsman's profits beat expectations : Reuters 20.02.10 By Ernest Scheyder   NEW YORK, Feb 19 (Reuters) - ... more
February 19th, 2010
Private Equity under pressure
Private Equity under pressure: Wall Street Journal.com 19.02.10 Hester Plumridge These are anxious times for Europe's private-equ... more
February 18th, 2010
Dubai World debt restructuring hits a snag
Dubai World debt restructuring hits a snag: Irish Times 10.02.10 The company, Dubai World, has hit an obstacle in its negotiation... more
February 17th, 2010
Financial engineering helped ruining Greece
Financial engineering helped ruining Greece: Financial Times 17.02.10 Kerin Hope, Megan Murphy, Gillian Tett A few weeks ago, a distincti... more
February 17th, 2010
Clariant reports 18% fall in sales in 2009
Clariant reports 18% fall in sales in 2009:  European Plastics News 17.02.10 Chris Smith Swiss headquartered chemicals group Clariant rep... more
February 17th, 2010
Brenntag acquires French distributor Metausel
Brenntag acquires French distributor Metausel: Brenntag corporate announcement. 17.02.10  Brenntag, the global market leader in full-line... more
February 16th, 2010
Medica shares rise after the IPO 20% cut
Medica shares rise after the IPO 20% cut: Reuters 16.02.10 By Lionel Laurent and Julien Ponthus   ... more
February 16th, 2010
Greece should default and reschedule
Greece should default and reschedule: Reuters 16.02.10 John Kemp The drama unfolding in Athens contains a... more
February 15th, 2010
Yara to buy Terra for $4.1 billions
Yara to buy Terra for $4.1 billions: Reuters 15.02.10 By ... more
February 15th, 2010
Fund managers don't trust private equity
Fund managers don't trust private equity : Financial News 15.02.10  William Hutchings and Elizabeth Pfeuti ... more
February 14th, 2010
Between Dire and Disastrous: Greece's options
Between Dire and Disastrous: Greece's options: John Mauldin 12.02.10  ... more
February 14th, 2010
How much pressure can the Euro take?
How much pressure can the Euro take?: Financial Times 12.02.10 Euro project tested by Greek crisis: ... more
February 14th, 2010
Water treatment: biggest XXI century opportunity
Water treatment: biggest XXI century opportunity: Reuters 10.02.10 Full corporate disclosure of material business issues is a core founda... more
February 10th, 2010
Univar to acquire Quaron
Univar to acquire Quaron : Univar press release: 10.02.10... more
February 9th, 2010
Neochimiki to return to previous owner
Neochimiki to return to previous owner: Athens News 08.02.2010 Elaine Green THE ATHENS stock market is expected to rise some 10... more
February 9th, 2010
Sabic remains on expansion course
Sabic remains on expansion course: Financial Times 09.02.10 It is an ill wind that blows no good. While petrochemical rivals such as BAS... more
February 9th, 2010
BC Partners' Medica IPO oversubscribed after price cut
BC Partners' Medica IPO oversubscribed after price cut: 08.02.10 By ... more
February 7th, 2010
Air Products bids $5.1 Bn for Airgas
Air Products bids $5.1 Bn for Airgas: ICIS Nigel Davies 05.02.10 HOUSTON (ICIS news)--Shares of ... more
February 6th, 2010
Dow Chemical: lucky or smart?
Dow Chemical: lucky or smart?: Financial Times 02.02.10 For evidence that it is bet... more
February 6th, 2010
Weak markets put European IPO's in doubt
 Weak markets put European IPO's in doubt: Reuters 04.02.10 ... more
February 6th, 2010
Eurozone sticks together for now
Eurozone sticks together for now: Reuters 06.02.10 PARIS (Reuters) - ... more
February 5th, 2010
Private Equity to ride the IPO wave
Private Equity to ride the IPO wave: Financial Times 02.02.10 Martin Arnold What do the oper... more
February 5th, 2010
South Europe woes put Euro under pressure
South Europe woes put Euro under pressure: Reuters 04.02.10 ... more
February 4th, 2010
Brenntag reports lower 2009 sales, stable EBITDA
Brenntag reports lower 2009 sales, stable EBITDA: Reuters & Handelsblatt 04.02.10   ... more
February 4th, 2010
Global Chemical output returns to growth
Global Chemical output returns to growth : Paul Hodges ICIS blog 01.02.10  ... more
February 4th, 2010
EU puts Greece under close scrutiny
EU puts Greece under close scrutiny: Financial Times 03.02.10 By Tony Barber in Brussels ... more
February 3rd, 2010
Braskem buys Sunoco's US PP business
Braskem buys Sunoco's US PP business : European Plastics News 03.02.10 Brazilian plastics giant Braskem has made a major move in... more
February 2nd, 2010
Medicine for Europe sinking South
Medicine for Europe sinking South: Nouriel Roubini Arnab Das Financial Times 02.02.10  function floatContent(){var paraNum = "3" paraNum = paraNum - 1;var tb = docume... more
February 2nd, 2010
Dow Chemical results beat expectations
Dow Chemical results beat expectations: Reuters 02.02.10 ... more
February 2nd, 2010
When will PIGS fly?
When will PIGS fly?: Financial Times 28.01.10   By Daniel Gros ... more
February 1st, 2010
Private Equity set for consolidation
Private Equity set for consolidation: Wall Street Journal 01.02.2010 More than four fifths of managers working in private equity... more
February 1st, 2010
Univar creates Specialty Consumables Division
Univar creates "Specialty Consumables" Division: www.univareurope.com... more
February 1st, 2010
Eurozone manufacturing output accelerates
Eurozone manufacturing output accelerates: Reuters 01.02.10 ... more
February 1st, 2010
EU Chemical industry must adapt or decline
EU chemical industry must adapt or decline: Financial Times 29.01.10  by Ed Hammond in London ... more
February 1st, 2010
2010 IPO's German outlook
IPO's German outlook in 2010: Fortune December 2009 ... more