NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies were up at the close of trading:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 48 or 1.4 percent, to $34.62. DuPont Co. rose$. 32 or. 6 percent, to $54.02.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies are up at 1 p.m.:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 55 or 1.6 percent, to $34.69. DuPont Co. rose$. 33 or. 6 percent, to $54.03.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies are up at 10 a.m.:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 32 or. 9 percent, to $34.46. DuPont Co. rose$. 13 or. 2 percent, to $53.83.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies were up at the close of trading:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 13 or. 4 percent, to $34.14. DuPont Co. rose $1.02 or 1.9 percent, to $53.70.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies are up at 1 p.m.:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 24 or. 7 percent, to $34.25. DuPont Co. rose$. 95 or 1.8 percent, to $53.63.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies are up at 10 a.m.:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 31 or. 9 percent, to $34.32. DuPont Co. rose$. 96 or 1.8 percent, to $53.64.
NEW YORK-- Chemical maker Rockwood Holdings Inc. says that it has agreed to sell CeramTec, its advanced ceramics business, to European private equity firm Cinven for about $1.98 billion in gross proceeds.
COLUMBIA, Md./ NEW YORK, June 16- A company stuck in bankruptcy for 12 years may not seem like much of a catch, but investors have fallen in love with U.S. specialty chemical manufacturer W.R. Grace& Co and its surging sales to the energy sector.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies were down at the close of trading:. Dow Chemical Co. fell$. 64 or 1.8 percent, to $34.01. DuPont Co. fell $1.20 or 2.2 percent, to $52.68.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies are down at 1 p.m.:. Dow Chemical Co. fell$. 62 or 1.8 percent, to $34.03. DuPont Co. fell $1.37 or 2.5 percent, to $52.51.
June 14- North American domestic sales of crop nutrient potash soared in May, when demand from spring planting whittled down large inventories at the mine level, according to data posted on Potash Corp of Saskatchewan's website. Domestic sales, mainly to the United States, jumped 61 percent from April to 1.062 million tonnes.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 03 or. 1 percent, to $34.68. DuPont Co. fell$. 42 or. 8 percent, to $53.46.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies were mixed at the close of trading:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 86 or 2.5 percent, to $34.65. DuPont Co. fell$. 35 or. 6 percent, to $53.88.
A fire at an ethylene plant in Louisiana could force a significant short-term shift in the U.S. ethylene market, a group of Citi analysts said. Officials say an explosion at The Williams Companies Inc.' s chemical plant in Geismar, La., about 20 miles southeast of Baton Rouge, started a fire Thursday morning.
Among the earnings projection stories for Thursday, June 13, from AP Business News:. _ Chemicals maker DuPont says it will reach only the low end of its net income forecast in 2013 because of the cool, wet spring weather, which is expected to reduce farmers' harvests.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 34 or 1.0 percent, to $34.13. DuPont Co. fell$. 44 or. 8 percent, to $53.79.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 10 or. 3 percent, to $33.89. DuPont Co. fell$. 18 or. 3 percent, to $54.05.
NEW YORK-- A proposal to eliminate plastic foam takeout containers in New York City was met with criticism Wednesday by restaurateurs who said a ban on the ubiquitous containers would drive up costs and potentially put them out of business.
*Farmers overwhelm fertilizer dealers as weather improves. CHICAGO, June 13- The frenzied push to plant this year's U.S. corn crop in the face of repeated delays has exposed a strained link in the agricultural network: fertilizer.
NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies were down at the close of trading:. Dow Chemical Co. fell$. 21 or. 6 percent, to $33.79. DuPont Co. fell$. 62 or 1.1 percent, to $54.23.
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg says web traffic on his search engine, billed as an alternative to Google that doesn't store your private information, surged 33 percent after the NSA news broke. Weinberg discusses the model of his search engine, and how the company makes money.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 6:31 AM ETJohn Silvia, Wells Fargo Securities, and Barbara Marcin, Gabelli Dividend Income Fund, discuss whether investors should reconsider allocating their portfolios as the Fed wraps up its two-day policy meeting.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 8:53 AM ETKen Langone, Invemed Associates chairman and president, called Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke a "lame duck."