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Pfizer, Merck Weather Weak Quarter

31.07.2013 - Big Pharma is still relying on belt-tightening to prop up financial results. Pfizer and Merck & Co said on Tuesday their quarterly results were again hit by generic competition for...

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Wacker Chemie Tops Forecast As Polysilicon Price Steadies

31.07.2013 - German chemicals company Wacker Chemie beat second-quarter earnings forecasts and said a plunge in the price of polysilicon, which it supplies to the crisis-hit solar sector, had...

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DuPont Operating Profit Recedes by 16% in Q2

31.07.2013 - Sales of the DuPont group were virtually flat in Q2 2013, with the slight revenue setback of 1% to $9.8 billion blamed on poor pricing for the titanium dioxide business it plans to...

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Dow Chemical EBITDA up 9% in Q2

31.07.2013 - U.S. chemical giant Dow Chemical saw adjusted EBITDA gain nearly 9% year-on-year to $ 2.1 billion in Q2 2013, thanks mainly to strong business in the Agricultural Science and...

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LyondellBasell Boosted by U.S. Polyolefins Business in Q2

31.07.2013 - In Q2 2013, sales of Rotterdam-based petrochemical and plastics giant LyondellBasell weakened by 1.3% year-on-year to $11.1 billion but improved by 4% against Q1 2013. EBITDA...

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BASF Aims to Top 2013 Figures Despite Weaker H1

31.07.2013 - The world's largest chemical producer found the going tougher than expected in the first half of 2013. Sales revenue increased by 4% to €8.1 billion, and EBIT before special items...

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Linde Confirms 2013 Forecast after Strong H1

31.07.2013 - After a strong first half, which saw operating profit rise nearly 14% to just under €2 billion and sales by 10.5% to €8.2 billion, German gases and engineering group Linde has...

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Syngenta’s H1 Earnings Dampened by Wet Spring

25.07.2013 - Syngenta said on Wednesday it expected underlying sales growth to pick up pace in the second half of the year, after a cold, wet spring hit earnings in the first six months...