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Computational modeling to design coatings and materials
ASM International - 2 Hours ago
MatOx Oy, the wholly owned Finnish subsidiary of UK-based materials discovery company MatOx Ltd, is working with world-leading academics at Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) to develop and apply Add Comment

DuPont Reaffirms Outlook - Zibb.com
Zibb - 6 Hours ago
Companies: Dow Chemical Co. (DOW), E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc. (DD) Ei Dupont De Nemours Co.(DuPont) (DD) recently announced that it expects to generate about 10% growth in the top-line during

DuPont Reaffirms Outlook Individual.com

Russia: Kalinigrad port to export Belorusian fertilizers
AgriMarket - 12 Hours ago
In the nearest future, Kalinigrad trading port (Russia) will revive shipment of potash fertilizers from Belarus, declared the media-department of the port. In 2007, the port constructed the special terminal Add Comment

SAUDI KAYAN PETROCHEMICAL CO CLOSES 7.5 PCT LOWER, DRAGS ON INDEX
FinanzNachrichten.de - 6 Hours ago
SAUDI KAYAN PETROCHEMICAL CO CLOSES 7.5 PCT LOWER, DRAGS ON INDEX 1230 GMT - Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co weighs on Saudi's benchmark, while bank losses ...

SAUDI KAYAN PETROCHEMICAL CO CLOSES 7.5 PCT LOWER DRAGS ON INDEX Financial 24

SAUDI KAYAN PETROCHEMICAL CO CLOSES 7.5 PCT LOWER, DRAGS ON INDEX FinanzNachrichten.de

Pacific Rim Summit Will Highlight Production of Renewable Chemicals through Biotechnology
Industrial News Room - 6 Hours ago
- Renewable chemicals from biomass are emerging as viable alternatives to traditional chemicals. Leaders in the field will present progress and challenges in bringing renewable chemicals to the marketplace Add Comment

Nitrogen loss threatens desert plant life
NewKerala.com - 7 Hours ago
Washington, November 8 : In a new research, scientists have determined that as the climate gets warmer, arid soils lose nitrogen as gas, which could lead to deserts with even less plant life than they Add Comment

DuPont announces 2009 Safety Award Winners
Eye of Dubai - 9 Hours ago
Tajul Kamarul, QHSE Manager, Egyptian LNG (left) receiving the award from Janet Lynne Asherson (middle), Environment, Health and Safety Adviser, International Organisation of Employers, Geneva and member

DuPont Presents Safety Award to Borealis Chemie.de

Airborne Nitrogen Affects Aquatic Ecosystem in Alpine Lakes
Epoch Times - 11 Hours ago
Airborne nitrogen released from the burning of fossil fuels can affect the ecosystem in remote alpine lakes. (James Elser/Arizona State University) The impact of airborne nitrogen released from the burning

Nitrogen Affects Alpine Lake Ecosystems Softpedia

Sinopec, Mitsui Chemicals to build 2 plants worth Â¥60 bln
Hong Kong Trade Development Council - 12 Hours ago
A chemical subsidiary of Sinopec<600028><0386> and Japan's Mitsui Chemicals plan to jointly spend Ã?Â¥60 billion to build two plants in Shanghai that will produce resins and synthetic rubber, Add Comment

Chemicals used in industrial applications may affect cholesterol levels
DNA India - 12 Hours ago
Washington: A new study has revealed that chemicals used in commercial and industrial applications such as surfactants, paper and textile coatings and food packaging might affect serum cholesterol levels Add Comment

Speaker: Chemicals can cause big harm
Individual.com - 14 Hours ago
What you don't know can hurt you, and might have hurt you a long time ago. John Peterson Myers has written extensively about how exposure to certain chemical hazards, often at levels deemed safe, can Add Comment

Safe water could cost $6 million: Cancer-causing chemicals found in city's system
Individual.com - 14 Hours ago
The latest problems identified in city drinking water -- elevated levels of "disinfection byproducts" detected while the city fought bacteria blooms this summer -- are not new to Gloucester. City water

Privatizing water would cost city millions each year, foes' study says Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Netherlands donates $23.5 million for safe water in Sudan UNICEF

Results of on-farm field trials of INSTINCT(TM) Nitrogen Stabilizer available
AgProfessional - 16 Hours ago
INDIANAPOLIS -- Thanks to a Section 24(c) Special Local Need Registration for INSTINCT(TM) nitrogen stabilizer in Iowa during 2008, growers got a first look at the product's performance in on-farm field Add Comment

Ashland Inc. CFO Chambers to Speak Nov. 12 at Longbow Research Paper, Packaging
Red Orbit - 19 Hours ago
COVINGTON, Ky., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lamar M. Chambers, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH), will make a presentation at the Longbow Research Third

Ashland Inc. CFO Chambers to Speak Nov. 12 at Longbow Research PR Newswire via MSN Money

FMC Corp. Appoints Pierre Brondeau To Succeed William Walter As CEO - Update
Quote.com Japan - 9 Hours ago
(RTTNews) - Diversified chemical company FMC Corp. (FMC) Friday announced the appointment of Pierre Brondeau as President and Chief Executive Officer succeeding William Walter, with effect from January

FMC Corporation Names Pierre Brondeau President and Chief Executive Officer Red Orbit

FDLI Names New President and Chief Executive Officer KLFY

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Nitrogen loss threatens desert plant life, study shows
YubaNet - 17 Hours ago
Nov. 6, 2009 - As the climate gets warmer, arid soils lose nitrogen as gas, reports a new Cornell study. That could lead to deserts with even less plant life than they sustain today, say the researchers.

Climate Change Is Biggest Global Health Threat To Children, Report Says Medical News Today

Climate Change, Nitrogen Loss Threaten Plant Life In Arid Desert Soils Red Orbit

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Praxair Distribution Announced Price Increase Of Up To 10% (FX) -...
Zibb - 22 Hours ago
11/7/2009 - Praxair Distribution Inc. (NYSE:FX) said it will increase its prices on industrial, medical and specialty gas containers as much as 10% as of December 1. The price raises are being made in

Praxair Distribution Announced Price Increase Of Up To 10% (FX) Individual.com

Sunoco Swings To Loss
San Francisco Chronicle - 11/7/2009
Sunoco Inc. (NYSE: SUN) disappointed by swinging to a sharp loss for the third quarter of $2.67 per share from income of $4.70 per share last year due to weak margins. The stock price tumbled $2.91 to

Sunocoâ??s Chemicals Operations Swing To Loss Chemical Week

Ex-Rohm and Haas executive to head FMC Corp.
TradingMarkets - 11/7/2009
(The Philadelphia Inquirer - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- FMC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Pierre Brondeau, a highly regarded executive who was supposed to preserve

Ex-Rohm & Haas executive to head FMC Corp. Philly.com

Ex-Rohm and Haas exec to head FMC Corp. Individual.com

Plastics industry

Once Again, Barbie Faces Competition From A New Group Of Stylish Plastics
Jezebel - 10 Hours ago
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Magna ends hunt for automaker, eyes suppliers
IndiaCar - 11 Hours ago
Magna International Inc., thwarted this week in its bid to take over General Motors Co.s Opel unit, wont seek to buy another car company, co-CEO Don Walker says. We are not looking at any more transactions Add Comment

Bay National Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results
Montana's News Station - 2 Hours ago
BALTIMORE, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bay National Corporation (the 'Company') (Nasdaq: BAYN), the bank holding company for Bay National Bank, today reported a third quarter net loss of $1,447,000

Symmetry Medical Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results PR Newswire

Accellent Inc. Announces Timing of Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and Conference SmartBrief

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MMG to invest USD 60 million to expand Sepon copper operations
Steel Guru - 5 Hours ago
Interfax China reported that Minerals and Metals Group has committed to invest USD 60.4 million to expand the production capacity at its Sepon copper operation in Laos. MMG said that the expansion project

GASAL to invest USD 70 million in oxygen plant Steel Guru

Ky. toolmaker invests $1.3 million to expand Plastics News

Goodyear to Drop Republic Brand, Boost Kelly
Work Truck Online - 9 Hours ago
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Credit unions post net 3Q loss, but climate slowly improving
Individual.com - 13 Hours ago
Loan delinquencies and writeoffs continued to batter the balance sheets of Inland-based credit unions in the third quarter, with the three largest of the member-owned cooperatives reporting net financial

Magnetek posts $1.8 million loss Individual.com

Magnetek posts net loss Puget Sound Business Journal

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Couple choke on fake cake
The Zimbabwean - 13 Hours ago
A newly-wed couple cut into their wedding cake - to find it was made of polystyrene Tony and Aimee West had paid Â£270 for a three tier sponge decorated with white and dark chocolate icing and flowers.

Couple's fake wedding cake shock BBC

Newlyweds win compensation for wedding cake made of polystyrene Telegraph

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Sacked Bridgestone workers get expressions of interest (ABC)
Yahoo! News Australia - 15 Hours ago
ABC News Â© Enlarge photo At least 40 businesses and employment agencies in Adelaide have expressed interest in employing Bridgestone workers set to be retrenched within six months. The tyre manufacturer

Sacked Bridgestone workers get expressions of interest Yahoo! News Australia

Bio-based plastics demand rising 37% a year, says new study
Converting Magazine - 16 Hours ago
Potential for up to 90% substitution of total plastics consumption by biopolymers is technically possible. PRESS RELEASE -- Converting Magazine, 11/7/2009 2:39:17 PM The associations European Bioplastics Add Comment

China XD Plastics Engages Moore Stephens as New Independent Auditor
Red Orbit - 19 Hours ago
HARBIN, China The decision to change its auditor was approved by the Company's Audit Committee and Board of Directors. China XD Plastics reported that there is no disagreement with Bagell Josephs Levine

China XD Plastics Engages Ernst & Young for the Implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley RBC Dain Rauscher

China XD Plastics Engages Moore Stephens as New Independent PR Newswire via MSN Money

First Michelin restaurant in Taipei expected to spur competition
MyEGov Taiwan - 5 Hours ago
Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) The recent opening of a Michelin starred restaurant branch in Taiwan is expected to spur intense competition in the eatery sector, which would ultimately benefit consumers, Add Comment

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. receives Energy Saver Award
Texarkana Gazette - 13 Hours ago
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.â??s Texarkana plant has earned the prestigious Energy Saver Award, the U.S. Department of Energy announced recently. The Texarkana plant was one of 93 nationwide to earn the

ENERGY COOPERATIVE DIRECTORS RECEIVE NRE CERTIFICATES Newark Advocate

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company elects Brad Hughes as CFO Individual.com

Service Disruption at Frank McKechnie Community Centre and Library Due to Flu Assessment
Mississauga - 11/7/2009
Services at the Frank McKechnie Community Centre and Library will be disrupted in order to provide much needed space for a flu assessment centre in our community, as mandated by the Peel Region's Medical Add Comment

Shaw Group to Offer Engineering Services to Petkim Petrochemical for Ethylene Plant
AZoBuild - 11/7/2009
The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW) today announced it has been awarded a contract by Petkim Petrochemical Holding AS to provide engineering and procurement services and additional study work for an ethylene Add Comment

CA Inc: CA Declares Quarterly CA Board of Directors Adopts New St...
Zibb - 11/6/2009
Company: CA Inc (CA) CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously adopted a Stockholder Protection Rights Plan to replace the Company's existing Rights Plan, scheduled

The Corporate Executive Board Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend Individual.com

CA Inc: CA Declares Quarterly Dividend - Zibb.com Zibb

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Proposed Closure of a PVC Production Unit on Arkema`s Balan Site
Reuters - 11/6/2009
COLOMBES, France--(Business Wire)-- Regulatory News: Arkema (Paris:AKE) has presented to its Balan facility's trade union representatives a plan to shut-down a 30,000 ton PVC production unit on the site

Proposed Closure of a PVC Production Unit on Arkema's Balan Site FinanzNachrichten.de

Proposed Closure of a PVC Production Unit on Arkema''s Balan Site FinanzNachrichten.de

Couple shocked by fake wedding cake
SINA - 11/6/2009
(Beijing Time) SINA.com A newlywed couple in Wales have won Â£310 compensation after being given a fake wedding cake. Tony and Aimee West of Llanelli, West Wales, ordered a three-tier sponge with white

Couple Discovers Wedding Cake is Fake MyFox New York

Couple Compensated $514 For Fake Cake OfficialWire