Chemicals

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BusinessWeek December 6, 2004 Michael Arndt	A Chemist Heats Up Dow Corning CEO Stephanie Burns is drawing on her own experience in the lab to guide Dow Corning Corp.'s rebirth.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2004 Tonya Vinas	Building For Biofuels Uncertainty in oil prices is just one reason ethanol producers are building more plants in the U.S.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2004 Rich Smith	Buy the Dow The only discordant note in Dow Chemical's earnings report came from its cash-flow statement. The company's revenues for the quarter surpassed $10 billion, a 26% increase over Q3 2003.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2004 W.D. Crotty	DuPont Banks Shiny Quarters DuPont has its third consecutive quarter of higher revenue and earnings.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2004 Tom Taulli	Cytec Doubles Down on Chemicals The leading specialty chemical products company spends the big bucks on an acquisition that will double its annual revenues. While the acquisition looks good on paper, it is still a huge undertaking with enough inherent risk to make investors jittery.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 David Henry	Rising Prices: Just The Catalyst Dow Needs The current wave of chemical price rises is going to last longer than anyone thought, delivering higher and higher profits to Dow well into 2006.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2004 Tonya Vinas	DSM's BioTech Benefits Manufacturing executives love process changes that save money. Process improvements for chemical manufacturing that make use of biotechnology techniques often include a second benefit -- decreased environmental impact.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2004 Roger Nusbaum	Praxair's Not Just Hot Air The chemical company Praxair continues to provide impressive dividends.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2004 Mark Mahorney	Breast Enhancer Bounces Back Dow Corning emerges from bankruptcy after nine years spent protecting itself from several hundred thousand suing women who claimed that ruptured silicone breast implants made by the company were the cause of autoimmune diseases. Now what?
Fast Company June 2004 Ian Wylie	Brush With Success What if cleaning the air of pollutants was as easy as, well, letting paint dry? The chemical reaction in a new "ecopaint" could help win the war on urban pollution.
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