29.07.2013
- Technology - After announcing the framework of a new R&D strategy in the spring of last year, BASF is beginning to reveal in detail just how it is affecting its research operations...
29.07.2013
- U.S. lawmakers are concerned a Chinese company's planned $4.7 billion acquisition of pork producer Smithfield Foods could affect the safety and availability of heparin, a blood...
29.07.2013
- A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling against Exxon Mobil Corp ordering the company to pay $105 million in damages for polluting New York City's groundwater with a toxic...
25.07.2013
- Swiss drug maker Novartis suffered a fresh blow to the turnaround prospects of its loss-making vaccines division as a key committee advised against including its meningitis B...
25.07.2013
- The controversial findings of a new shale gas study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and conducted by the department's National Energy Technology Laboratory in...
25.07.2013
- A "shameful" corruption scandal in China will inevitably impact GlaxoSmithKline's business, the British drug maker's chief executive said on Wednesday, adding he was ready to go to...
24.07.2013
- Crack To The Future - The petrochemical feedstock world is changing. Historically most petrochemical feedstock came from the refinery, with refinery naphtha and liquefied petroleum...
24.07.2013
- Predicting Threats And Opportunities - The transformation of the Chinese economy is a major topic in the media, covered by publications as diverse as The Wall Street Journal, Al...
24.07.2013
- Ideas In Jeopardy - For chemical companies doing business in China, few concerns are as ubiquitous as the risk of the theft or loss of intellectual property. Of all the forms of IP...
23.07.2013
- A disputed plan to build a $1.7 billion mine in one of Britain's best-known national parks has thrown a spotlight on the obscure mineral it will dig for, a fertilizer ingredient...
