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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jimmy Lathrop submits: On July 10, 2008, Dow Chemical (DOW) announced that it would be buying Rohm and Haas, an American chemical company, at 78 dollars a share, in cash. The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on January 15, 2009. However, because of the uncertainty in the financial markets, Rohm and Haas (ROH) is has been trading downward. You can find the most recent spread on this deal...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Federal environmental officials say The Dow Chemical Co. may face more than $330,000 in fines for alleged pollution law violations at a latex and Styrofoam insulation manufacturing plant in Ledyard, Connecticut.
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Environmental Protection Agency (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
(Boston, Mass. – Oct. 2, 2008) - The Dow Chemical Company, which operates a chemical manufacturing facility in Gales Ferry, Conn., faces an EPA penalty for violations of the federal Clean Air Act
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MACHINIST.IN (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Dow Chemical International Private Limited (Dow India) has announced that it has temporarily halted all work at the proposed R D Center at Chakan pending instructions from the Honorable Chief Minister, Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh. Dow India will comply with all the directives stated by the Government to find a peaceful...
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Todd Sullivan submits: Dow AgroSciences, a division of Dow Chemical (DOW), has now made six acquisitions in the last year to strengthen its seed business. Dow AgroSciences LLC said today it is acquiring most of the assets of Sac City, Iowa-based Renze Hybrids Inc. for an undisclosed price. It will acquire all sales, marketing and agronomy assets related to the Renze brand as well as all soybean production...
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Just In Just Out (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Mumbai, Sep 29, 2008: Dow Chemical International Private Limited (Dow India) has announced that it has temporarily halted all work at the proposed R&D Center at Chakan pending instructions from the Honorable Chief Minister, Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh. Dow India will comply with all the directives stated by the Government to find a peaceful resolution to the current situation. More...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
*Dow CEO urges U.S. lawmakers to pass bailout package
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MichiganLiberal (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Let's take a walk back in history a couple of decades, back to 1983. It was a heady time. It was the year of Grenada and Lebanon, the year when the brand-new PG-13 rating was applied to the film, the year when I -- a 13 year old -- attended my first PG-13 film (Red Dawn) would would be so inspired by it that I thought that dying fighting the Russkies from the forests of Rives Junction would be a stone...
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Main Feed - Environmental Defense (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris Smith, Environmental Defense Fund, 512.691.3451, csmith@edf.org (Austin, TX – September 30, 2008) More than 30 chemicals made or imported by companies in Texas – including Exxon Mobil, Shell, DuPont, Dow Chemical, and Equistar – have been classified as dangerous by the European Union (EU). As a result, these companies will be directly affected by controls imposed...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
MUMBAI: Taking note of protests in Maharashtra against the Dow Chemical project in Shinde Chakan village, Pune, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has ordered suspension of work on the project for one month. “We welcome the order, ...
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Going to the Mat (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Executives from Ford and Dow Chemical Company want to hold a "summit" in 2009 to talk about the government's industrial policy. Businesses have summits all the time and that is all well and good. But this one wants to figure out a proposal to protect industry through government intervention. Don Beaudreaux talks about the "Industrial Policy" now being discussed among big business leaders. Today's...
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Just In Just Out (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Mumbai, Wednesday, September 24, 2008 — After a meeting with the officials at the office of the Chief Minister of Bihar, Dow Chemical International Pvt Ltd (Dow India) today announced a contribution of Rs 1 Crore towards providing relief and assistance to the victims of the devastating floods in Bihar. More...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
A federal appellate panel rules in a suit that claims nearly 700 people were made sterile by exposure to DBCP. The plaintiffs are Shell Oil, Dow Chemical, Dole and O.C.-based Amvac Chemical. Nearly 700 Ivory Coast farmworkers alleging that they became sterile from exposure to a U.S.-made pesticide can't claim to be victims of genocide because the producers didn't intend harm, a federal appeals court...
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Fool.com (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Market-trouncing returns could be written in this 5-Star.
