Petrochemical producers are expected to increase investments in Alberta in the coming few years, with the prospects of additional feedstock becoming available and current market conditions favoring NGL and ethane extraction costs, a key ...
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European regulations aimed specifically at limiting emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from coatings have been mainly confined to decorative paints and the manufacture of the coatings themselves. The last piece of major ...
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Paint producers and their raw material suppliers in Europe are giving a new impetus to the drive to making sustainability a central objective of the whole coatings market across the region. The sector is seeking to draw up common ...
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NYMEX January crude futures settled 88 cents lower at $85.89/barrel Thursday, while the rest of the complex also declined on a weak equities performance and US dollar strength. January heating oil settled 2.31 cents lower at ...
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LOCAL shares rose for the third straight day today, hitting a fresh 17-month high as investors sought defensive and higher-yielding stocks as concern grew over the fate of US negotiations on the so-called fiscal cliff. The benchmark ...
Tech stocks have been climbing recently as key vendors such as Cisco and Lenovo report positive quarterly earnings and the U.S. economy offers glimpses of good news. So far this year, shares in IT companies rose steadily until April and ...
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In fiscal 2012, revenue from Siemens' Environmental Portfolio climbed ten percent to EUR 33 billion. The company's ecofriendly products and solutions are now generating faster revenue growth than its other businesses. Green technologies, ...
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Outokumpu has for the first time been rated Prime company by oekom research AG,a German research company that evaluates share and bond issuers as sustainable investments. Prime rating means that Outokumpu shares and bonds qualify for ...
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The Dow Chemical Company reported sales of $13.6 billion, down 10 percent, or 7 percent on an adjusted sales basis. The decline was led by Europe, which decreased 10 percent on the same basis driven by adverse currency conditions totaling ...
NYMEX January RBOB futures settled sharply higher Friday, leading the gains in the oil complex, as a weak fundamental picture took a back seat to a technical move higher. January RBOB settled 6 cents higher at $2.6621/gal after having ...
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Contrary to most reports, Apple is not yet the most valuable company of all time, according to calculations made by the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR). The publication, operated by the Columbia School of Journalism, called out multiple ...
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Shares of technology companies finished up for the third quarter Friday, but face economic uncertainty for the rest of the year. The Nasdaq Computer Index closed Friday at 1,675.51 compared to 1,580.13 at the end of June. However, they ...
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The U.S.Dept.of Energy has set a goal to develop battery and energy storage technologies that are five times more powerful and five times cheaper than today's within five years. To accomplish this,U.S.Energy Secretary Stephen Chu is ...
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For second consecutive year,Dow is recognized in annual ranking for global leadership in innovation performance. The Dow Chemical Company was named to the Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators list for the second,consecutive year in ...
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AUSTRALIAN stocks are expected to start the last full trading week before Christmas on a cautious note amid ongoing negotiations over the looming US budget deadline. Futures trading was pointing to a weak start on the local market today, ...
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