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Five-Past Midnight at The Dow Chemical Company (10Q Detective)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:53:00 GMT

High raw material costs recently forced Dow Chemical (DOW-$33.92) to move ahead with plans to temporarily idle or reduce production at a number of manufacturing plants. Ethylene commodity-like sales cycle, an economic downturn in the U.S. (about 40 percent of sales), and a second round of price hikes being passed along to its customers—as if the world’s second largest diversified chemical company...

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Winpak Ltd.: Winpak Announces the Acquisition of Walsroder Packaging LLC, a Subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (Market Wire - Manufacturing and Production: Packaging and Containers)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:29:00 GMT

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA (MARKET WIRE) Winpak (TSX: WPK) is pleased to announce that it has concluded an agreement, effective June 30, 2008, whereby Winpak will acquire the film packaging business of Walsroder Packaging LLC, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company.

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GACL, Dow Ink Pact (Red Orbit )

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:00:22 GMT

By Rajiv Shah GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat's chemical sector is likely to get a major fillip, with state public sector undertaking, Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL), all set to kick start a joint-venture company next week with the Dow Chemical Company, world leader in providing an innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services around the globe.

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Dow Chemical plans to phase in fuel-efficient auto fleet (Detroit Free Press)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Dow Chemical is developing a fleet conversion program to cut its energy costs. The plan calls for a more rigorous process of tracking fuel consumption from the company's 3,000-vehicle North American fleet and the gradual conversion of that fleet to smaller, more fuel-efficient cars.

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Inside job (CNNMoney.com)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:54:59 GMT

On Jan. 18, 2007, the Financial Times reported "talk in the market" that "a consortium of private equity groups are working on a breakup bid" for Dow Chemical. Dow's share price was spiking; its shareholders, employees, and joint venture partners were demanding more information; yet its CEO, Andrew Liveris, was totally in the dark about what, if anything, lay behind the rumor.

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Beware Dow Chemical Herbicide Aminopyralid (Main St. USA)

noreply@blogger.com (truth) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:30:00 GMT

Mass spraying of pesticides on farms, pictured here in Florida, is putting gardens at risk. Photograph: David R. Frazier/Alamy Beware of manure fertilizers. If they come from factory farms sprayed with the Dow Chemical herbicide/pesticide aminopyralid (found in products Cleanwave, Milestone vm, Forefront r&p, and Milestone, among others) they will be contaminated. Gardeners in Britain are finding...

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GACL, Dow Ink Pact (NHatky)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:59:47 GMT

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat's chemical sector is likely to get a major fillip, with state public sector undertaking, Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL), all set to kick start a joint-venture company next week with the Dow Chemical Company, world leader in providing an innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services ...

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Persistent herbicide destroying crops in UK (Later On)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:14:49 GMT

Is the US next? Kirk Murphy’s post at Firedoglake discusses that possibility. He begins: In today’s Observer, Caroline Davies describes how this year British gardeners find their fruits and veggies are stunted, deformed, and dying. The culprit: Dow Chemical’s persistent herbicide aminopyralid sprayed on grazing land or fodder. The herbicide stayed in the plants the cattle [...]

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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: ReneSola, Centennial Communications, Monster Worldwide, Sara Lee and Dow Chemical (Business Wire)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks Equity Research highlights ReneSola, Ltd. (NYSE: SOL) as the Bull of the Day and

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Dow Raising Prices, Again (Environmental Leader)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:23:45 GMT

Dow Chemical says it is raising the prices of its products in July even more than the increases it announced in May — by as much as an additional 25 percent — to offset increasing costs of energy and hydrocarbon feedstocks. The increases include a North American freight surcharge of $300 per shipment by truck and [...]

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Zacks Sell List Highlights: New York Times Co, Ambac Financial Group Inc., Dow Chemical Co. & Chipotle Mexican Grill (Business Wire)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:41:00 GMT

Zacks Sell List Highlights: New York Times Co, Ambac Financial Group Inc., Dow Chemical Co. & Chipotle Mexican Grill CHICAGO--()--Zacks.com releases details on a group of stocks that are currently members of the exclusive Zacks #5 Rank List – Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell): New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) and Ambac Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:...

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Innovative Insect Control Technology Earns Dow Another Green Chemistry Award (Red Orbit )

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:03:07 GMT

MIDLAND, Mich., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Underscoring its commitment to sustainability, The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) recently received its sixth Green Chemistry Award since 1996.

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Barb Arrigo: The Dow Chemical index (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:49:00 GMT

Could there be any better indication of how messed up the economy is than Dow Chemical's announcement Tuesday that it is raising prices again to reflect rising oil and natural gas prices — Dow uses them as feedstocks as well as for fuel — even as it is cutting back production because of declining sales, especially in markets that involve the housing and auto industries?

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Will Dow's Second Price Hike Be a Wake-Up Call? (Seeking Alpha)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:23:20 GMT

Trader Mark submits: Wow, this is amazing ... Andrew Liveris CEO of Dow Chemical (DOW) is one of my favorite CEOs - he has blasted the entire energy policy in the United States (if you call it a policy) [ May 28: Bravo Dow Chemical CEO ] and just 5 weeks ago instituted a price hike of 20%. Now the company is out with another 25% price hike along with fuel surcharges . Breathtaking. On...

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Dow Chemical raising prices another 25 percent (Salt Lake Tribune)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:24:25 GMT

Dow Chemical Co. announced its second wide-ranging price hikes in less than a month as it attempts to offset sustained record costs for energy and the soaring price of raw materials.

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Quote of the Day: CEO of Dow Chemical on Stagflation (Calculated Risk)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:19:00 GMT

"Frankly, there's very few levers left ... [T]his energy crisis is affecting consumers ... People aren't spending. People aren't driving. Really, you need to look at ways to control what's happened in the inflationary world and really take the risk that by raising rates, you may actually cause some demand to go weaker. I think it's back to where Paul Volcker was in the early '80s. There's a real

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Dow Chemical Price-Hike Plan Ripples Through Industries (Red Orbit )

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:03:07 GMT

By Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Shares of several chemical companies fell Tuesday after industry leader Dow Chemical Co. announced its second set of wide-ranging price hikes in less than a month, again trying to offset record costs for energy and raw materials.

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Costly Chemistry: Dow Hikes Prices Another 25 Percent (Climateer Investing)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:39:00 GMT

From CFO.com: Second major rise by the company this month, added to other corporate reactions to costlier energy, adds to inflationary fears. A broad price increase announced by Dow Chemical, raising the price of its products by as much as an additional 25 percent in July, is the latest pass-through blow to companies. Dow said the rises are an effort to offset "the continuing relentless rise"...

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Dow Chemical Raises Prices for Second Time in a Month (Democratic Underground)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:01:30 GMT

Source: [b]NY Times[/b] The Dow Chemical Company said Tuesday that it was raising prices for the second time in a month to offset a relentless rise in energy costs, a sign that companies may increasingly have to pass on price increases to their customers. The increase of as much as 25 percent ...

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Dow Chemical: Pressure on Margins (Seeking Alpha)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:55:05 GMT

Thomas Smicklas submits: Foolishly in retrospect, I recommended and purchased Dow Chemical (DOW) a while ago expecting the stock to perform well, passing price increases for its petroleum-based products along to consumers and to increase production at plants located in oil-rich countries. Wrong. True, price increases have been and are being passed along the chain, including freight surcharges...

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