30.07.2012
- General Electric sold about $100 million of lights, power supplies and medical devices for the London Olympic Games. Less than for Beijing's massive build-out but still enough to...
27.07.2012
- Belgian chemicals and plastics group Solvay reiterated its full-year forecast as its high growth divisions and cost cuts offset tough conditions in its PVC operations. Solvay's net...
26.07.2012
- ExxonMobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, posted lower-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday as its oil and gas output sagged and its chemicals business...
26.07.2012
- European oil refiners are set to lose a vital export market because the U.S. petrochemical industry is shifting away from reliance on oil products, notably naphtha, and using cheap...
26.07.2012
- Europe's sick economy is infecting its pharmaceuticals sector, traditionally one of the region's most successful industries. Price cuts to rein in healthcare spending reached...
26.07.2012
- The Singapore trading arm of Russia's largest gas producer, Gazprom, expects to double its revenue by 2015 as it grows trade volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and non-gas...
26.07.2012
- Weaker prices for oil worldwide and for gas in North America took their toll on Royal Dutch Shell's profit in the second quarter. Shell, the second largest of the western world oil...
26.07.2012
- BASF's business performed solidly in Q2. The company improved sales by 6% to €19.5 billion and income from operations (EBIT) before special items increased by €253 million to €2.5...
25.07.2012
- Wacker Chemie continued to grow its business volume during the second quarter of 2012 thanks to good customer demand outside Europe. Sales and earnings at the Munich-based chemical...
25.07.2012
- Tevin Vongvanich only took the helm in May at Thailand's top oil and gas explorer, PTT E&P , but he is already overseeing a multibillion dollar M&A deal as part of the company's...
