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What a great way to fire people. Dow Chemical (DOW) chopped 5,000 full-time people and cut 6,000 contractors. Its press release on the plans said the firm was announcing "a series of aggressive...
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Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) probably would have had a much better day if the market did not plunge at the end of the day. In university finance classes they teach you that cutting dividends is a...
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The US government has readily admitted that it does not have the skill of equipment to stop the oil rising from the wreck of the Deepwater Horizon rig. And, it is beginning to question whether BP plc...
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Yesterday evening, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit and senior unsecured ratings on Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) to ‘BBB’ from ‘A-‘....
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Source: ThinkstockIn the U.S.-centric world most Americans live in, all the greatest and most valuable brands were created here. Several studies by brand valuation experts show that to be true. But...
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This year has been a rough one up and down the energy patch, so why is it that Oppenheimer decided to upgrade ONEOK?
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Now that the last trading session of 2022 is behind us, here's the final ranking of 2023's Dogs of the Dow.
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The Dow Jones industrial average in an all-time high territory, and a lot of experts believe it has room to run. But one particular stock is not helping.
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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke commented today that he was concerned that the recovery will not be strong enough to support job growth next year.While the current recession in the United States has yet...
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Source: ThinkstockElectronics retailer RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) this morning announced that it will end its relationship with Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) in mid-April. RadioShack operated Target...
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Inflation has been blamed on the supply constraints created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Yet that is not the only reason for rising prices.
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The 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress report on the ability of students to understand science at three grade levels had depressing results. The data was based on a sample of the...
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Dow Chemcial (DOW) will buy Rolm and Hass (ROH) for $78 a share or $18.8 billion. Reuters writes that Dow will make the purchase to broaden its product offerings in the paints, coatings and...
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Source: ThinkstockThe State of Illinois has just seen its credit rating downgraded to A- from A for the state’s general obligation bonds. This downgrade covers some $27.5 billion. Fitch also said...
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) would have Wall St. think that its diabetes drug Avandia has been safe all along. Even though concerns were raised several years ago about whether the product caused heart...
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