Chemical Week :: Chemweek Business Daily http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2010 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:10:26 EDT CW75 Stock Performance The CW 75 Index rose 2.1% for the week ending March 16, ahead of the Morgan Stanley global composite and the Standard and Poor’s 500 indexes, which each rose by 1.7%. The U.S. Federal... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/25477.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT ACC in Talks On Revised Climate Bill ACC president Cal Dooley participated in a session earlier this week with Senators John Kerry (D., MA), Lindsey Graham (R., South Carolina), and Joe Lieberman (I., CT), along with leaders of... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/25495.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Growth is Back, But Peak Still Years Off Growth in both chemicals output and the broader economy has returned across the globe, according to ACC's latest quarterly outlook. However, while U.S. chemicals output is forecast to rise 7.8%... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/25496.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT PolyOne Expects First-Quarter Earnings to Beat Estimates PolyOne says it expects its first-quarter earnings to beat the consensus of analysts’ estimates due to new business gains and improving demand. PolyOne expects earnings before special items to... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/25497.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Rail Traffic Rises 22.5% Chemicals sector rail traffic in North America rose 22.5% year-on-year last week, to 45,176 cars, according to the Association of American... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/25498.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Innospec Settles with U.S., British Authorities in Bribery Case Innospec has admitted to bribing foreign officials in developing nations and will pay $40.2 million to settle investigations by U.S. and British authorities, Reuters reports. The settlement... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/25499.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Trial Date Set in Airgas Shareholder Suit The Chancery Court of Delaware has scheduled an approximate trial date in a class action lawsuit filed by Airgas shareholders against Airgas' board of directors in connection with Airgas' rejection of... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/25500.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT CHEMICAL STOCK UPDATE (Quotes as of 12 pm Eastern daily) COMPANY TODAY YESTERDAY Air Products (APD) 74.93 74.40 Airgas (ARG) 64.05 64.01 Arch (ARJ) 34.17 34.63 Albemarle (ALB) 42.38 42.81 Ashland (ASH) 51.27 52.65... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/25501.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT CW Price Report North American feedstocks were down this week on choppy crude oil prices. Ethane fell about 10 cts/gal and propane lost about 6 cts/gal. Naphtha and butane were each lower by a penny. Both spot... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/25476.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT Borealis Returns to Profit in the Fourth Quarter Borealis reported fourth-quarter 2009 net income of €13 million ($17.8 million), compared to a loss of €122 million, on sales down 6%, to €1.3 billion. Operating profit was €11 million... http://www.chemweek.com/newsletters/cbd/25478.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT