02.08.2010
- Here are some developments in BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the largest offshore oil disaster in U.S. history. Top Developments• The tide of lawsuits unleashed by BP's oil spill...
02.08.2010
- Chances are, every big pharmaceutical company is running the numbers and weighing the pros and cons of acquiring Genzyme. French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis is poised to make a bid...
30.07.2010
- Wacker Chemie ended Q2 2010 with a new sales record, primarily thanks to much higher sales volumes. Q2 2010 sales climbed 30% to €1,202.0 million (Q2 2009: €925.5 million). Growth...
30.07.2010
- Sanofi-Aventis Chief Executive Chris Viehbacher delivered forecast-beating second quarter results onThursday as he prepared to bid $18.7 billion for U.S biotech group Genzyme...
30.07.2010
- Celanese Corp said on Thursday that second-quarter profit rose 50 percent as the improving economy continued to increase demand for its products, and the chemical maker raised its...
29.07.2010
- Turning Point - Business is finally looking up for Clariant; the Swiss-based specialty chemicals company posted an 18% increase in sales in local currencies for Q2 2010 over 2009...
29.07.2010
- Clariant has announced sales of CHF 1.894 billion in Q2 2010, compared to CHF 1.609 billion in the previous year. Sales increased 18% in Swiss Francs and 20% in local currency...
29.07.2010
- In a further improving business environment, BASF has achieved a leap in earnings. The company said its recent portfolio measures are paying off and the earnings strength of the...
29.07.2010
- Belgium's Solvay, seeking acquisitions, rode rising plastics volumes to a 143% jump in quarterly operating profit from its plastics and chemicals units and said it expected...
29.07.2010
- Sanofi-Aventis beat second-quarter earnings expectations as it beefed up sales and tightened its R&D spending, but the French drugmaker gave no hint in its results statement of any...
