Commodity Chemicals

Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE) and its Ticona engineering polymers business, today announced a price increase in North America and South America for Celanex PBT, Vandar PBT, Impet PET and Riteflex TPC-ET polyesters by $0.20 per pound, or higher on selected products.

In a Form 4 filed earlier today, Innopsos Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: IPHS) Vice-President, William Farran, reported that he sold 22,869 shares of IPHS on March 11th for an average price of $39.74. The transaction totaled $908,814. This sale was 10b5-1 Plan indicated. Mr. Farran owns 11,260 direct...

On CNBC's Fast Money, JJ Kinahan said that General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) should be bought on Tuesday. He believes that today's sell off is an overreaction to GE's exposures to Japan. General Electric Company (GE) fell 2.16% on Monday, and closed at $19.92. Joe Terranova wants to buy Baker...

Hawkins, Inc. (Nasdaq: HWKN) announced that the Company's Board of Directors today appointed Patrick H. Hawkins as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. Patrick Hawkins has been with the Company for 18 years and had previously been promoted to the position of President as part of...

Hawkins, Inc. (Nasdaq: HWKN) today announced that John R. Hawkins, its Chief Executive Officer, has passed away. Mr. Hawkins was a 40-year employee of the Company and its Chief Executive Officer since 2000. He was 59 years old. The Company previously announced that Mr. Hawkins was diagnosed with...

Shares of Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE) are lower on the session by 2.68%, trading at $40.63. Overall put volume is now running at 16.35x the daily average, with 65% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,079 contracts have traded on the session so far. Celanese Corporation is a...

Kronos Worldwide (NYSE: KRO) reported Q4 2010 earnings per share of $.66, up 526% yr/yr, ahead of the $0.61 consensus estimate. Q4 2010 revenue was up 24%yr/yr on stronger sales volume, increased pricing, and unfavorable currency. Despite very strong pricing power over the past 18 months, profit...

Deutsche Bank has a Buy rating and a $60 price target on shares of Kronos Worldwide (NYSE: KRO). In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "Kronos' strong Q4 results and bullish long term outlook reinforced our convictionthat titanium dioxide (TiO2) supply/demand fundamentals will remain tight...

Deutsche Bank has raised the price target on Kronos Worldwide (NYSE: KRO) from $50 to $60 and maintains its Buy rating.

US stock futures are mixed this morning, as crude oil futures surged above $106 per barrel. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2 points to 12,152.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index dropped 0.10 point to 1,320.20. Nasdaq 100 futures rose 2.75 points to 2,362.50. The blue-...

Kohlberg Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: KCAP) is projected to report its Q4 earnings at $0.17 per share on revenue of $6.53 million. Urban Outfitters Inc (NASDAQ: URBN) is estimated to post its Q4 earnings at $0.52 per share on revenue of $674.92 million Kronos Worldwide Inc (NYSE: KRO) is...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Casey's General Stores Inc (NASDAQ: CASY) to report its FQ3 EPS at $0.50 on revenue of $1.29 billion. CASY shares gained 0.59% to close at $41.10 on Friday. Analysts are expecting Urban Outfitters Inc (NASDAQ: URBN) to...

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...

Unconfirmed Rumors that Koppers Holdings Inc. (KOP) will be acquired at $62.00 a share by Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation..

J.P. Morgan is raising its price target on shares of Westlake Chemical Corp. (NYSE: WLK) to $48 from $33, but is keeping its Neutral rating. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "Westlake posted solid fourth quarter results stemming from strong olefins margins and healthy pricing in its niche...