Specialty Chemicals

Walgreen Company (NYSE: WAG) may post its FQ4 EPS at $0.44. Sealy Corp (NYSE: ZZ) is likely to earn $0.05 per share in the third quarter. Landec Corp (NASDAQ: LNDC) is expected to post its Q1 EPS at $0.09. Standard Microsystems Corp (NASDAQ: SMSC) is estimated to report its Q2 earnings of $0.41 per...

5. BP Oil Spill? Hey, No Big Deal. It's All Cool. Here's a pop quiz for you: Do you remember, a few months ago, when a little company called BP (NYSE: BP) spilled some oil in the Gulf of Mexico? Not too much. Only about 205 million gallons. Made the news for a few months. You might have heard of...

Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) has been downgraded by Hilliard Lyons from Long-Term Buy to Neutral.

The Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL) has announced price increases for protective coatings products in the company's general industrial line serving the pipe and rebar markets. Pricing changes will take effect for all shipments on or after Oct. 15. The continued escalation in the price for epoxy, a...

Chicago, IL – September 21, 2010 - Stocks in this week's article include A. O. Smith Corp. (NYSE: AOS), The Cato Corp. (NYSE: CATO), Horace Mann Educators Corp. (NYSE: HMN), PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE: PPG) and Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC). Kevin Matras talks about stocks making new highs...

The Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL) announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Australian paint manufacturer Wattyl Limited. Under terms of the transaction, Valspar acquired all outstanding Wattyl shares for approximately A$142 million and assumed existing debt....

Zep Inc. (NYSE: ZEP), today announced that it has selected Jeffrey L. Fleck as Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer. In this capacity, Mr. Fleck will be responsible for all aspects of the Company's global Supply Chain including Strategic Sourcing, Manufacturing and Logistics to ensure our...

• Safran agreed to acquire L-1 Identity (NYSE: ID) for $1.6 billion cash, or $12 per share • General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP) paid $230 million to Howard Hughes heirs to settle a dispute • Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) upgraded Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) to "buy" from "neutral," taking the price...

The Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL) announced today that the Company's Board of Directors have declared a quarterly dividend of 16 cents per share, payable October 15, 2010 to all common stockholders of record on October 1, 2010.

Chemetall a wholly owned subsidiary of Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC) announced today that effective October 1st, 2010, as contracts permit, prices for Organo Lithium products will be increased by 8 percent. The reasons to take this action are owing to the increased costs for energy, raw...

Analysts at Deutsche Bank downgrade Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) from "buy" to "hold." The target price for LZ is set to $110. LZ's shares lost 0.16% to close at $105.20 on Friday. More Analyst Ratings here

Minerals Technologies Inc., (NYSE: MTX) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Double A (1991) Public Company Ltd., formerly Advance Agro Public Company Ltd., to expand production capacity of precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) at its paper mill in Tha Toom, Thailand. The expansion...

Specialty chemicals maker W.R. Grace & Co. (GRA) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Synthetech, a producer of fine chemicals with a focus on organic synthesis and biocatalysis. The transaction is valued at about $19.2 million, less Synthetech's debt balance as well as transaction...

At its regularly scheduled meeting on September 14, 2010, the Board of Directors of American Pacific Corporation (Nasdaq: APFC) took the actions summarized below: Recommended that shareholders at the next Annual Meeting amend AMPAC's Certificate of Incorporation to replace the 80% vote requirement...

Chicago, IL – September 15, 2010 - Stocks in this week's article include JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK), PolyOne Corp. (NYSE: POL), Eaton Corp. (NYSE: ETN), CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) and Blount International Inc. (NYSE: BLT). Kevin Matras talks about the Price to Sales ratio and why it's one of his...