05.05.2011
- French tire manufacturer Michelin on Wednesday said in a statement it would hike truck, earthmover and tractor tire prices in Europe to offset rising raw material costs. Michelin...
05.05.2011
- U.S. ethanol production fell slightly in the latest week, the government said on Wednesday, resuming a series of output reductions after a jump the previous week. U.S. production...
05.05.2011
- Nord Stream is to finish laying its first 1,200 km (745 mile) pipeline on Thursday and prepare it to start shipping gas from Russia to Germany on schedule in October, the company...
04.05.2011
- BASF, the world's largest chemical maker by sales, said it was still having a hard time finding suitable targets in Asia, its biggest growth market. The companies BASF has taken...
04.05.2011
- Following a string of takeovers in Europe and the United States, BASF continues having a hard time finding suitable targets in Asia, the German company's biggest growth market. "We...
04.05.2011
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals, which dropped a $5.7 billion offer for Cephalon earlier this week, will actively pursue other large takeover deals, its chief executive said on Tuesday...
04.05.2011
- Specialty chemical maker Solutia hopes to sell more laminated window glass and other energy-efficient products in the aftermath of deadly U.S. Midwest tornado, its chief executive...
04.05.2011
- DuPont plans to integrate Danisco even if it does not get enough shares to de-list the food additives maker from Denmark's stock exchange. The U.S. chemicals maker needs at least...
04.05.2011
- Rockwood Holdings said its shareholder Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co will sell almost half of the stake it owns in the specialty chemicals maker, sending its shares down 2% in...