31.10.2012
- French oil company Total reported a 20% rise in third-quarter net adjusted profit to €.348 billion on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations thanks to a sharp increase in...
30.10.2012
- Dow Chemical will take a fourth-quarter charge of as much as $1.1 billion related to last week's announcement that it will close 20 plants, write down the value of its lithium ion...
30.10.2012
- Germany's Bayer is to buy U.S. vitamins maker Schiff Nutrition International for an agreed $1.2 billion as it seeks stable sources of growth to complement its more volatile...
30.10.2012
- Anadarko Petroleum on Monday reported a quarterly profit compared with a year-ago loss when the U.S. oil and gas company set aside funds to settle with BP over its Gulf of Mexico...
28.10.2012
- Merck & Co posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as one-time tax gains helped offset plunging sales of its former flagship product, Singulair, an asthma drug that began...
27.10.2012
- Chemical maker and refiner LyondellBasell Industries posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, due in part to high costs for crude oil-derived chemicals in European...
26.10.2012
- ConocoPhillips and Occidental Petroleum reported quarterly results that topped Wall Street estimates as they produced more oil and gas than expected, even as lower prices hurt...
25.10.2012
- Libyan oil and demand for pesticides will help Germany's BASF meet its target of higher operating profit this year, offsetting a downturn in its main industrial chemicals and...