22.02.2013
- When new company chieftains say they want to be a catalyst for change, many listeners brush it off as a tired cliché. Patrick Thomas is proof that it needn't be. Stepping into his...
22.02.2013
- The pharmaceutical industry in Europe is facing major changes. The rise of emerging markets and increasing price pressure in established markets are only two of the global...
22.02.2013
- Imperial Oil has named Exxon Mobil executive Rich Kruger to replace Bruce March as CEO of Canada's No. 2 oil producer and refiner as it readies to start up its C$12.9 billion ($12...
22.02.2013
- The owners of Evonik are reviving plans to take the German chemical company public, and have placed a stake of less than 10% with institutional investors as a first step. The RAG...
21.02.2013
- Europe's hard-pressed refining industry faces more closures as its competition in the United States enjoys the double bonus of growing domestic shale oil supply and cheaper...
21.02.2013
- A spike in piracy off Nigeria's oil-rich coast has shown gangs are willing to venture further afield and use more violent tactics, increasing the risk of doing business in Africa's...
21.02.2013
- Dow Chemical on Wednesday was ordered by a federal jury to pay $400 million in a price-fixing case over chemicals used to make a wide range of foam products found in cars...
20.02.2013
- The new chief executive of AkzoNobel said on Wednesday the Dutch paints and chemicals group would speed up cost-cutting and focus on improving returns and cash generation over the...
20.02.2013
- The National Institutes of Health Center for Regenerative Medicine (NIH CRM) has awarded Lonza Walkersville a contract to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for...
20.02.2013
- An $11 billion-plus sale of Life Technologies is looking less likely as a gap in price expectations with the company has left potential buyer Thermo Fisher Scientific skeptical...
