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Debt Financing: A 'Temperamental' Market

4:09 PM EDT | July 21, 2010 | Vincent Valk

The high-yield debt financing market has been "temperamental" through 2010, shutting down or growing expensive in reaction to periodic bad news, sources say. Overall corporate high-yield issuance in all sectors totaled nearly $40 billion in March...

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S&P: Chemicals Sector Credit Ratings to Continue Improving

Credit rating trends in the chemicals sector were "strongly positive" in the second-quarter and will likely continue improving through the rest of the year, according to a report by ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P; New York). The report...

ACC: 'Industry Operations Have Largely Returned to Normal'

The U.S. chemical industry is moving towards self-sustaining growth, driven by rising demand, business investment, and cost advantages, ACC said in its mid-year outlook. Chemicals output rose 6.6% year-on-year in May, and is forecast to rise 6.8% for all of...

S&P: Chemicals Sector Credit Ratings Improving

Credit ratings in the chemicals sector will continue to improve through the rest of this year, according to a report by Standard and Poor's (S&P; New York), the ratings agency. Improving earnings and economic conditions, more favorable debt markets, and...

Cyber Security: Complexity and Challenges Rise

A combination of new regulatory and legislative initiatives, along with cyber attacks that are growing in both sophistication and frequency, has created a "new norm" for a chemical business grappling with cyber-security challenges, says Christine...

DuPont Expands Consulting Services Unit

DuPont has formed a new business unit, DuPont Sustainable Solutions--comprising the former DuPont Safety Resources, and segments of DuPont Clean Technologies and Coastal Training Technologies. The new unit expands on the consulting services offered by DuPont...

Socma Members Expect Sales Increase

Members of Socma expect sales to increase this year, citing the improving U.S. economy as a reason for optimism, according to the group's annual survey. About 90% of Socma members expect to see sales rise during 2010. "Based on this year’s results...

Output Grows More Slowly Than Expected in the U.K.

But the U.K. chemical industry still generates a healthy trade surplus....

Report: ALD Materials and Equipment Market to Reach $978 Million by 2014

The global market for atomic layer deposition (ALD) materials and equipment is poised to reach $978 million by 2014, a significant increase from $199 million in 2009, according to a report by BCC Research. That figure represents a...

Report: U.S. Propylene Market Set to Grow Through 2014

U.S. chemical firms are projected to distribute 8.2 billion pounds of propylene resins by 2014, up from 6.8 billion pounds last year, according to a new report by consultancy (?) BCC Research (Wellesley, MA). That amounts to compound annual growth rate of...

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