Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) has reported second-quarter earnings of $649 million, or $0.55 per share, and $14.5 billion in revenue. EPS were down from $0.84 in the same quarter of last year…
Trey Thoelcke Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) is rumored to be back in play. If you will recall, this was the subject of a private equity buyout back during the private equity bubble and its $6.5…
On Tuesday the US Department of Energy announced awards to 13 projects totaling more than $54 million. According to the press release: to advance transformational technologies and materials that can help American…
Summer can often be an interesting time in the markets and so far the “Sell in May and go away!” them has worked. What has also taken place is that many of…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. Analog…
Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported this morning that employers planned 40,559 layoffs in April, up 7.1% from the 37,880 job cuts in March. In April 2011 36,490 job cuts were…
The trend of higher dividends is not over and we should expect more dividend hike announcements elsewhere this earnings season. After the close on Thursday came word that Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:…
While global GDP growth is expected to be slower this year, there are a couple of areas where investment will probably continue at relatively high levels. These are mining and agriculture. New…
nationsonline.orgThe head of Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) says Germany and France are in recession. CEO Andrew Liveris is not an economist, but the massive company he runs does do business all over the…
Douglas A. McIntyre The U.S. indicts Swiss bank Wegelin on tax evasion charges. (Reuters) Fed president Richard Fisher says there is no need for QE3. (Reuters) Panasonic posts a quarterly loss of $2.6 billion. (Reuters)…
The Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) is indicated lower after earnings missed expectations. CEO Andrew Liveris was on CNBC this morning to talk up the numbers during a challenging time but it mattered…
Jon C. Ogg Earnings season is still upon us. There are going to be many big earnings reports Thursday and we would consider Thursday as the climax for the companies reporting their normal fourth quarter…
Yesterday’s release of a new study by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) on the impact of natural gas exports on domestic gas prices is just beginning to have its own impact…
The national oil company of Malaysia, known as Petronas, announced plans in May to build a $20 billion oil refinery and petrochemical complex on the country’s southern border with Singapore. In addition…
Natural gas prices in the US rose to more than $4.80/thousand cubic feet (tcf) in June, and have trailed off to under $3.20/tcf today. In late 2005, natural gas spot prices topped…
