Diversified Chemicals

The Performance Products division of Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) today announced that it is going ahead with the engineering design for a 40,000-ton capacity expansion program at its world-scale polyetheramine facility in Singapore. Huntsman plans to invest more than $70 million at its Jurong...

The mathematical definition of 'nano' is one billionth; so for example, a nanosecond is one billionth of a second. Nanotechnology is the science of manufacturing and utilizing extremely small particles and devices, sometimes as small as single atoms and molecules. A nanometer is one-billionth of a...

Cusick's Corner With trade overnight mixed and disappointment from tech giant CSCO, the market looked pretty ominous until the beloved dip bid showed up. This has not returned the market to green but has lifted it off the worst levels of the session. The Claims Data on the surface looked excellent...

Jefferies left its DuPont (NYSE: DD) Buy rating and $58 price target unchanged in a research report published today. In the report, Jefferies states, "As the economic recovery gains momentum, DuPont's early cycle leverage becomes less important, and the investment case shifts to the near-term...

DuPont (NYSE: DD) expects to grow its Agriculture & Nutrition earnings by 8 to 10 percent through 2015 and increase pre-tax operating margins in the range of 19 to 21 percent in the same time period for the seed, crop protection and nutrition and health businesses, DuPont Executive Vice...

FMC Corp. (NYSE: FMC), a seller of industrial chemicals whose colleagues include Dow Chemical (DOW) and DuPont (DD), closed Monday's regular session at $81.08, a price that reflected a gain of about 1.1%. Volume was above average, so it looked as if investors were eagerly anticipating the company's...

DuPont Protection Technologies (NYSE: DD) announces price increases of 5 to 10 percent on all product lines depending on product type and geographic location. The increases include key brands DuPont Kevlar, Nomex, Tyvek and Sontara and are being implemented immediately or as contracts permit....

Shares of PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) are higher on the session by 1.04%, trading at $86.74. Overall put volume is now running at 2.44x the daily average, with 2% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,048 contracts have traded on the session so far. PPG Industries, Inc. is a global...

Deutsche Bank believes Dow Chemical's (NYSE: DOW) strong $0.12 beat in Q4, coupled with accelerating industrial and B2B markets in the US/Europe, further validates EPS of $2.50-plus in ‘11E. Dow Q4 reported earnings from operations of $0.47, up 172% YoY, and $0.12 above consensus. A higher than...

Deutsche Bank has raised the price target on The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) from $35 to $40 and maintains its Hold rating.

Below are the top small-cap specialty chemical stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. OM Group Inc (NYSE: OMG) had $446.76 million in total cash and $120.49 million in total debt for the latest quarter. Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc (NASDAQ: GPRE) had $203.41 million in total cash...

Chemical giant The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) earned 37 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2010, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 35 cents as well as last year's 8 cents. However, including one-time charges, the company earned 47 cents compared with 18 cents in the year-ago quarter...

Citigroup has published a research report on The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) after the company reported a solid operational beat in its 4Q. In the report, Citigroup writes "DOW reported 4Q EPS of $0.47, above our estimate of $0.33 and consensus of $0.35. Total EBITDA of $1.91B far exceeded our...

Chemical giant The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) earned 37 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2010, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 35 cents as well as last year's 8 cents. However, including one-time charges, the company earned 47 cents compared with 18 cents in the year-ago quarter...

Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) reported much better than expected fourth quarter results this morning, handily beating Wall Street estimates. The company earned 37 cents per share, or 47 cents excluding certain items. Revenue for the quarter came in at $13.77 billion. Wall Street analysts expected...