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April 30th, 2010
Purchasing and Purchasing.com cease publication
Purchasing and Purchasing.com cease publication: Announcement 16.04.10 Magazine and website will close as part of major divestiture of ... more
April 30th, 2010
Roubini on Greece and the Euro
Roubini on Greece and the Euro: Reuters 29.04.10 Nouriel Roubini, it can be safely said, gives good ... more
April 29th, 2010
IMCD strengthens its leading pharmaceutical position
IMCD strengthens its leading pharmaceutical position: IMCD Corporate Announcement ROTTERDAM, ... more
April 28th, 2010
Roubini: Will EU monetary Union rip apart?
Roubini: Will EU monetary Union rip apart?: Los Angeles Times 28.04.10 Economist Nouriel Roubini, the famed Dr. Doom of the glob... more
April 28th, 2010
Old Dow brings the dough
Old Dow brings the dough: Financial Times 28.04.10 Commenting on his company’s surpri... more
April 26th, 2010
Biesterfeld achieved satisfactory 2009 results
 Biesterfeld achieved satisafactory 2009 results. Corporate announcement 26.04.10   Press... more
April 26th, 2010
Most Americans support tighter financial regulations
Most Americans support tighter financial regulations: Washington Post 26.04.10 About two-thirds of Americans support stricter reg... more
April 25th, 2010
Luxury goods manufacturers satisfied with new EU block exemtion ruling
Luxury goods manufacturers satisfied with EU block exemption ruling: Financial Times 23.04.10 Nikki Tait Europe... more
April 25th, 2010
Eastman plans to sell its PET business
Eastman plans to sell its PET business: Reuters 23.04.10 NEW YORK, April 23 (Reuters) - Eastman Chemical Co ... more
April 25th, 2010
LyondellBasell to exit bankruptcy
LyondellBasell to exit bankruptcy: Reuters 25.04.10 Carolyne Humer * LyondellBasell to be backed by Apollo, Ares, Access... more
April 24th, 2010
Swiss Competition Agency blocks Orange bid to acquire Sunrise
Swiss Competition Agency blocks Orange bid to acquirre Sunrise: Swisster 23.04.10 ... more
April 23rd, 2010
Wall Street thrives on information asymetry
Wall Street thrives on information asymetry: Washington Post 23.04.10 Steven Pearlstein ... more
April 23rd, 2010
S&P upgrades Brenntag credit rating
S&P upgrades Brenntag AG to 'BB+', outlk stable11:21AM ET on Friday Apr 09, 2010 via Thomson Reuters ... more
April 23rd, 2010
Halting the financial doomsday machine
Halting the financial doomsday machine: Financial Times. 21.04.10 Martin Wolf The challenge of halting th... more
April 23rd, 2010
Unpunished Greek pillaging
Unpunished Greek pillaging : Athens News 20.04,10 .... more
April 22nd, 2010
Competitors seek to benefit from Goldman woes
Competitors seek to benefit from Goldman woes: Reuters 21.04.10 Investment bankers have been lobbying exec... more
April 22nd, 2010
Bosch cuts off ties with Goldman Sachs over business model
Bosch cuts off ties with Goldman Sachs over business model: Financial Times 22.04.10 by Daniel Schäfer in Stuttgart and Quentin Peel in Berlin ... more
April 22nd, 2010
No relief for converters as polymer prices rise
No relief for converters as polymer prices rise: European Plastics News 21.04.10 The price hikes of previous months continued in April, ... more
April 21st, 2010
Opening the huge CDO black box
Opening the huge CDO black box: New York Times 21.04.10 By ... more
April 21st, 2010
Sabic reports profit of $1.45 Bn
Sabic reports profit of $1.45 bn. Meed 20.04.10 By ... more
April 20th, 2010
New CEO at Bang and Bonsomer
New CEO at Bang and Bonsomer: Corporate announcement Mikko Teittinen has been appointed ... more
April 20th, 2010
UK regulator investigates Goldman fraud allegations
UK regulator investigates Goldman fraud allegations: Reuters 20.04.10 Goldman's results came four days after the firm was accused of fra... more
April 19th, 2010
Looters in loafers
Looters in loafers: New York Times. Paul Krugman 18.04.10 ... more
April 19th, 2010
Consequences may go beyond Goldman
Consequences may go beyond Goldman: Wall Street Journal 17.04.10 By ... more
April 19th, 2010
Brenntag may appeal the Austrian antitrust verdict
Brenntag may appeal Austrian antitrust verdict: 15 April 2010 ICIS news ... more
April 16th, 2010
Goldman Sachs charged with fraud by SEC
Goldman Sachs charged with fraud by SEC: Reuters 16.04.10 Goldman Sachs Group Inc was charged with fraud by the U.S. Securities a... more
April 15th, 2010
Four Austrian printing chemicals distributors get 1.5M EUR fine
Four Austrian distributors of printing chemicals get 1.5M EUR fines: BWB Austria web site 14.04.10 Translation by DistriConsult. ... more
April 14th, 2010
What is a pertinent market for chemical distribution?
What is a pertinent market for chemical distribution?: DistriConsult report 14.04.10 ... more
April 13th, 2010
Lubrizol makes offer for rival Cognis
Lubrizol makes offer for rival Cognis: Financial Times 13.04.10   By Lina Saigol ... more
April 13th, 2010
Ineos improves loan financing terms
Ineos improves loan financing terms: Reuters 12.04.10 LONDON, April 12 (Reuters) - UK chemicals giant Ineos [INEOSP.UL] has improved the... more
April 13th, 2010
Lehman Bros channeled funds through sister firm
Lehman Bros channeled funds through sister firm: NYT 12.04.10 It was like a hidden passage on Wall Street, a secret channel that enabled ... more
April 12th, 2010
The art and science of supply management
The art and science of supply management: WT 100 Steven Ramirez 02.04.10  In the last decade, changes in the global market, combined with... more
April 10th, 2010
Review of EU mergers and acquisitions
Review of EU mergers and acquisitions:  Reuters 10.04.10   ... more
April 10th, 2010
BASF and others look to buy Cognis
BASF and others look to buy Cognis: Reuters 09.04.10 FRANKFURT, April 9 (Reuters) - The owners of Cognis, the German maker of additives... more
April 10th, 2010
S&P downgrades ratings of Abu Dhabi and Dubai firms
S&P downgrades ratings of Abu Dhabi and Dubai firms: Arab News 08.04.10 Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today said it had tak... more
April 9th, 2010
US Chemical rail shipments rose 13.5% in 2010
 US Chemical rail shipments rose 13.5% in 2010: Reuters 08.04.10  ... more
April 8th, 2010
Customers file damage claims against airlines
Customers file damage claims against airlines: 03.03.10 Omni Bridgeway If you purchased international air cargo or air freight se... more
April 8th, 2010
DHL blew the whistle on freight cargo surcharges
DHL blew the whistle on freight cargo surcharges: Air Cargo News 12.02.10 DHL Global Forwarding has admitted that it was the whi... more
April 8th, 2010
Brenntag IPO closure announcement
Brenntag IPO closure announcement: DGAP 08.04.10 Brenntag official announcement Release of a Corporate News, transmitted ... more
April 7th, 2010
Turkey's economy bouncing back
Turkey's economy bouncing back: Financial Times 06.04.10  By Delphine Strauss in Ankara ... more
April 7th, 2010
Unilever CEO warns against shareholder value
Unilever CEO warns against shareholder value: Financial Times 04.04.10 by Stefan Stern in London ... more
April 6th, 2010
Greek default should not be taboo
Greek default should not be taboo: Reuters 05.04.10 Edward Hadas Forget about Greece for a moment. Just think abo... more
April 5th, 2010
Univar CEO describes his strategy
Univar CEO describes his strategy: ICB 25.03.10 Univar's new CEO hails... more
April 4th, 2010
The Value Creation Imperative
The Value Creation Imperative: INSEAD 07.07.09 Professor Kevin Keyser It’s been just over 4... more
April 3rd, 2010
Global realignment of the petrochemical industry
Global realignment of the petrochemical industry: 01.04.10 CMAI Houston by Tony Deligio   ... more
April 3rd, 2010
Brenntag takes control of Biesterfeld Graen in Bavaria
Brenntag takes control of Biesterfeld Graen in Bavaria: Food News Services 02.04.10 2 Apr 2010 --- Brenntag, the global market leader in ... more
April 3rd, 2010
Pension Funds still wait for big PE returns
Pension Funds still wait for big PE returns: New York Times. 03.04.10  Private Equity ... more
April 2nd, 2010
Demistify the Lehman shell game
Demistify the Lehman shell game: New York Times 02.04.10 Floyd Norris Making unattractive assets disappear from corporate balanc... more
April 2nd, 2010
Private Equity investors dictate terms
Private Equity investors dictate terms: Reuters 02.04.10 By ... more
April 2nd, 2010
M&A Bankers return to form
M&A bankers return to form: Financial news 01.04.10 Radi Khasawneh ... more
April 2nd, 2010
Blocked Cargill Australia's acquisition of Fielder's fats and oil business
  Blocked Cargill Australia's acquisition of Fielder's oils and fats business: By Jess Halliday, 31-Mar-2010 ... more
April 1st, 2010
Orascom buys up DSM divisions
Orascom buys up DSM divisions:  By Michael Steen in Amsterdam function floatContent(){va... more
April 1st, 2010
The end of Wall Street: A book review
"The end of Wall Street" by Roger Lowentein: A book review: New York Times 01.04.10 In the late summer of 2008, as Lehman Brothers teete... more
April 1st, 2010
Lonza recovers after profit warning
Lonza recovers after profit warning: Financial Times 31.03.10 By Haig Simonian ... more