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Credit Suisse's John McNulty Expects Chemical Industry Revenue to Increase 7% in 2011

04.01.2011 - Shares of Dow Chemical and other industry rivals rallied on the first trading day of the year after a leading chemical analyst raised several price targets and posted bullish...

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EU Clears Ashland, Sud-Chemie Joint Venture

02.12.2010 - U.S. chemicals company Ashland and Sud-Chemie secured European Union regulatory approval on Tuesday to set up a joint venture in the foundry chemical sector. The companies said in...

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TPG to buy Ashland distribution business for $930 Million

10.11.2010 - Ashland said it would sell its distribution business to a unit of private equity firm TPG for $930 million, as it shifts focus to higher-margin specialty chemicals. Ashland has...

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Ashland Looking to Sell Distribution Business

13.08.2010 - Ashland is looking to sell its chemicals and plastics distribution business and has hired Bank of America to advise on the possible sale, according to several sources familiar with...

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Ashland Profit Nearly Triples as Sales Surge

26.07.2010 - Ashland, the chemical maker and Valvoline brand owner, said on Friday its quarterly profit nearly tripled as volumes and sales rallied across most of its business units. The...

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Ashland and Süd-Chemie Expand Joint Venture

16.07.2010 - Ashland and Süd Chemie have reached contractual agreement on the formation of a global joint venture to merge their business activities in the foundry chemicals sector. The joint...

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Ashland Looks Positively at 2010

29.01.2010 - Ashland CEO Jim O'Brien told shareholders at its annual meeting that its improved financial results are better than normal seasonality would indicate and that it had exceeded its...

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Ashland Completes Sale of Businesses to TorQuest Partners

29.01.2010 - Ashland has announced that its subsidiary, Hercules Incorporated, closed the sale of its refined wood rosin and natural wood terpenes business, formerly known as Pinova, to a new...