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...
06.08.2010
- Chemicals company Lanxess is to buy leather chemicals businesses from BASF, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. "An agreement has been reached," a person familiar...
05.08.2010
- BP said on Wednesday it was close to subduing its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, and the White House hailed the "beginning of the end" of efforts to contain the worst spill in U...
04.08.2010
- Sanofi-Aventis has grabbed the headlines with its $18.4 billion bid for Genzyme, but the French drugmaker may be wiser to stick with smaller, bolt-on acquisitions. Sanofi is trying...
03.08.2010
- The European Union wants to impose new trade barriers on imported plastic from Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, saying the countries illegally give aid to exporters who...
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...
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
- A day after BP said it would sell $30 billion in assets to pay for its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the focus shifted to what is for sale, while lawyers prepared to tackle a mountain...
27.07.2010
- BP's newly named chief executive on Tuesday called the Gulf oil spill a "wake-up call" for the entire industry as the company tallied up its losses and disclosed two U.S...
