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Weekly Round-Up: Dow Moving Forward

March 8, 2010 | Vincent Valk

In a week in which Dow Chemical agreed to sell its Styron unit to private equity firm Bain Capital, Dow CEO Andrew Liveris, sat down for a Q&A with CW. He discussed the company's challenging 2009 and its future. Dow wasn't the only company looking to the...


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