Indy Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK Dow Chemical Co. and Petrochemical Industries Co., which is controlled by the Kuwaiti government, said Monday they have finalized a joint venture agreement to form K-Dow Petrochemicals. The new company will market plastics and other related products. Estimated to be worth about $17.4 billion, K-Dow is slated to open by Jan. 1.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Dow Chemical Co. and its partner Petrochemical Industries Co. say they expect their 50-50 joint venture company, K-Dow, to begin operations no later than Jan. 1.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Dow Chemical Co. and its partner Petrochemical Industries Co. said Monday they expect their 50-50 joint venture company, K-Dow, to begin operations no later than Jan. 1. The total enterprise value of the company will be $17.4 billion, and each shareholder will receive a special cash contribution of $1.5 billion upon closing of the transaction, the companies said in...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dow Chemical Co. accepted a lower price for a 50-per-cent stake in its basic-plastics unit from Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Co. because of a weak global economy and lower oil prices. Dow will receive $9-billion (U.S.) in pretax proceeds, less than the $9.5-billion announced 11 months ago, chief executive officer Andrew Liveris said yesterday. Dow signed definitive agreements with Kuwait's...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
MIDLAND — Officials say a joint petrochemicals venture between Dow Chemical Co. and a Kuwaiti company will begin operations by Jan. 1.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
www.ONN.tv Reports: Research in Motion Limited (RIMM) Dips on Downgrade CHICAGO--()--Recorded live from the heart of the options universe in downtown Chicago, The Sidewinder Report is ’s daily look at unusual options activity. Today, Chief Investment Strategist Jud Pyle analyzes unusual options volume and notable moves in the following securities: Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) McCormick & Co. Inc....
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... warming. The phony media blitz claimed the groups' members, which include Alcoa Inc., BP PLC, Dow Chemical Co. and General Electric Co., had agreed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 90 percent. More than one major news organization bit on the hoax."Radicals don't think they are going to get solutions from the very social sectors that are driving the problem," said Bron Taylor, who...
Nikkei (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Toray Outlook Cloudy Despite Planned China Water-Filter Venture TOKYO (Nikkei)--Toray Industries Inc.'s (3402) plan to launch a joint venture in China next spring to make membranes for purifying factory wastewater will help it establish a foothold for challenging global powerhouse Dow Chemical Co. in the country, where water shortages are widespread and severe.
