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DuPont to cut 2,500 jobs, eliminate 4,000 contractors by year-end; no 4Q profit
AP Business WriterDOVER, Del. (AP) — Chemical manufacturer DuPont said Thursday that it will cut 2,500 jobs and will not turn a profit in the fourth quarter as a severe slowdown in the automotive and construction markets eats away at chemical sales. DuPont also said...Tags: Earnings, Dupont E I Nemours & Company, Government, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, National Government
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Dow finalizes K-Dow venture with Kuwait company
AP Energy WriterDow Chemical Co. and a company controlled by the Kuwait government said Monday they have finalized a joint venture agreement to form K-Dow Petrochemicals, which will market plastics and other related products. The deal first was announced last December....Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Joint Ventures
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YourMoney Digest
Commodities Prices paid to U.S. producers plunged in October by the most on record as the faltering economy caused demand for commodities to dry up. The 2.8 percent drop was larger than forecast and followed a 0.4 percent decline in September. A...Tags: General Motors Corp., Money and Monetary Policy, Automotive Equipment
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Hunger for bargains vs. fears
Associated PressWall Street spent another session buffeted by volatility yesterday, this time closing mixed after investors wrestled with their fears about the economy but also looked for bargains after two days of selling. While the Dow Jones industrials and Standard...Tags: The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, Stock Activities, Financial Markets, Prices, Amazon.com Inc.
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Penalty Box: Dow Chemical Co.
Who's in it: The Dow Chemical Co. Who put it there: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. For what: Pollution law violations at the company's latex and Styrofoam insulation plant in Ledyard. The EPA said the plant failed to repair leaking valves that...Tags: Environmental Politics, Regional Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution
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The week ahead
Monday Report September leading economic indicators Earnings American Express Co.; Halliburton Co.; Lockheed Martin Corp.; Texas Instruments Tuesday Earnings 3M Co.; Apple Inc.; Biogen Idec Inc.; Caterpillar Inc.; Pactiv Corp.; State Street Corp.;...Tags: Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Lockheed Martin Corporation, ConocoPhillips, Amgen Inc.
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Most industries remain dependent on hazardous substances
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSecond of two parts To a chemist, chlorine is the perfect compound. Easily combining with other elements and molecules, chlorine is transformed into new classes of chemicals with an endless array of uses. It disinfects water, cleans clothes, kills bugs,...Tags: Environmental Politics, San Diego (San Diego, California), Regional Authority, Consumers, California
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Texas coast empties, Houston hunkers down
Los Angeles TimesThousands of residents of Texas' vulnerable Gulf Coast clogged highways heading inland yesterday as they heeded mandatory evacuation orders. Hurricane Ike churned through warm gulf waters and took aim at southeast Texas. Facing a hurricane that Gov. Rick...Tags: Disasters, National Hurricane Center, NASA, Television Industry, Houston Astros
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Products derived from natural, nontoxic ingredients -- once seen as fringe -- are now mainstream.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFirst of two parts At first, the experimental shampoo looked like a putrid salad dressing. Its oil and its water just couldn't get along. They separated in the bottle and, over time, the shampoo took on an ugly brown hue. The team at Avalon Organics,...Tags: Environmental Cleanup, Toys, Health and Safety at School, Invention and Innovation, Food Safety
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Government questions safety of plastic in baby bottles
The Associated PressGovernment toxicologists have reiterated safety concerns about a chemical used in baby bottles and food containers, just weeks after the Food and Drug Administration declared the substance safe. A report issued Wednesday said there is ``some concern''...Tags: Medicine, Health Organizations, Engineering, National Institutes of Health, Animals
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Caution is the right reaction to chemical
CONSUMER CONFIDENTIALMaybe you've seen the ad showing an empty shopping cart in the middle of the desert. "Soon, many common, everyday products could disappear from grocery store shelves all across California," it warns. That would be pretty ominous, if it were true....Tags: Laws, Consumers, California, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Advertising
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Rohm and Haas, Dow Chemical
Dow Chemical Co. will buy rival chemicals maker Rohm and Haas Co. for more than $15 billion in a deal the chemical giant said Thursday was a lynchpin for growth. The $78 per-share deal includes money from a Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund and Warren...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Sales, Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Rohm & Haas Company
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