http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:40:52 EDT Koch Industries’ (Wichita, KS) fibers subsidiary Invista has filed a lawsuit against DuPont and Rhodia, alleging that the two companies have “teamed up to steal”... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/13767.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT A. Schulman says it is seeking a joint venture partner or “other strategic arrangements” for its Invision business, a recently launched line of thermoplastic elastomer compounds... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/13768.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT FMC says it has completed the acquisition of International Specialty Products’ (ISP)... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/13769.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Dow Water Solutions, a unit of Dow Chemical, says it will invest $88 million to expand its Edina water treatment facility, and a further $15 million to establish a global... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/13770.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Deal activity in the chemical sector continued at a robust pace in the first half, defying continued turmoil in credit markets, according to data from investment bank Young & Partners... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/13771.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT ACC, the Association of American Railroads (AAR; Washington), and other groups joined together recently to file a petition asking the Department of Transportation (DOT) to authorize federal... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/13772.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Solutia has priced a secondary public offering, its second this month, of about 10.7 million shares of common stock, about 17% of its total outstanding shares, for $14/share. The transaction is... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/13773.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Kraton Polymers says it has licensed Invensys Process Systems’ (Plano, TX) Infusion... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/13774.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Eastman Chemical says it has agreed to license its proprietary reduced sulfur start-up technology to Hydrogen Energy International (HEI; Long Beach, CA) for use at HEI’s proposed integrated... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/13775.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT LyondellBasell reported a second-quarter loss from continuing operations of $16 million, compared with income from continuing operations of $159 million in the year-ago quarter. Results... http://www.chemweek.com/sections/business_finance/usa_americas/13776.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT