02.03.2011
- SABIC said on Tuesday it would build only one rubber plant project, in Jubail on Saudi Arabia's Gulf coast, instead of two as originally planned. When SABIC and Exxon Mobil...
01.03.2011
- South Korea, the world's No.5 crude oil importer, is facing some of its most serious inflation threats mainly due to rising global energy and raw material prices, the finance...
01.03.2011
- Dow Chemical Chief Executive Andrew Liveris will leave Citigroup board of directors in April, the bank said in a regulatory filing on Monday. Liveris will not stand for re-election...
01.03.2011
- Asahi Kasei will team up with Nissan Motor and Omron to develop an inexpensive power storage system made by recycled electric-vehicle batteries, the Nikkei business daily reported...
01.03.2011
- Proposed budget cuts to U.S. scientific research institutions would put the United States at an economic disadvantage with China and India, a former George W. Bush administration...
01.03.2011
- A deal to avert a U.S. government shutdown took shape in Congress on Monday, but the short-term spending measure would do nothing to resolve the bitter debate over federal spending...
01.03.2011
- Merck & Co said its deal to create an animal-health joint venture with Sanofi-Aventis will close in the third quarter, or later than previously expected. The agreement between the...
28.02.2011
- Russian potash miners Uralkali and Silvinit are set for a new legal challenge to their merger from fertilizer group Acron, which wants a better deal for its small Silvinit stake...
28.02.2011
- Novartis said on Monday it would begin a second offer period for shares in U.S. cancer diagnostics company Genoptix after securing acceptances for 80% in the initial offer. The...
24.02.2011
- 2010 was a record year for BASF and the company has also moved forward in its goal of expanding its leading position. Its portfolio has been further optimized through the...
