Specialty Chemicals

US stocks have narrowed their gains after the downward movement of consumer stocks. Shares of Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) declined more than 4% after Sanford Bernstein downgraded the company. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up by 100 points in the morning, but is now up by about 34 points. The board...

HB Fuller (NYSE: FUL) is likely to post its FQ3 EPS of $0.44 on revenue of $348.50 million. TRC Companies Inc (NYSE: TRR) may report its Q4 loss of $0.13 per share on $56.69 million in revenue. Matrix Service Company (NASDAQ: MTRX) is expected to post its earnings of $0.13 per share for the fourth...

Some of the stocks that may grab the investor focus today are: Patriot Coal (NYSE: PCX) has lowered its Q3 projections for sales volume by 10% from 7.5 million to 7.7 million tons. PCX's shares lost 3.13% to $11.46 in after-hours trading. Wall Street expects HB Fuller (NYSE: FUL) to post its FQ3...

In a Form 4 filed after the bell today, Nalco Holding Co. (NYSE: NLC) CFO, Bradley Bell, reported that he sold 20,000 shares of NLC on September 8th-9th for an average price of $25.19. The transaction totaled $503,800. Mr. Bell owns 711,695 direct shares of NLC. Source: The Washington Service

Leading cleaning and sanitation products company Ecolab Inc (ECL) has reportedly acquired the commercial laundry business of Illinois-based privately-held Dober Chemical Corporation for an undisclosed price.   Dober Chemical offers cleaning, sanitation and technology solutions to a broad range of...

Shares of The Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) are lower on the session by 0.66%, currently trading at $102.16. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three months, breaking to new 52-week high just yesterday. Options traders are buying protection on the name today. The September $...

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – September 10, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Expeditors International (EXPD) as the Bull of the Day and Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV), Delta Air...

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) announced today that it is offering to sell, subject to market and other conditions, $320 million aggregate principal amount of its senior notes due 2020 in an underwritten public offering under its effective shelf registration statement. PolyOne intends to use the...

September 9, 2010 www.Water-Stocks.com, an investor and industry portal for the water sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on water stocks on water and climate change, following comments from World Water Week in Stockholm. Water Stocks Sector close- up trading September 9,...

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – September 9, 2010 – Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry’s leading independent research firm highlights one Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy or a Zacks #2 Rank Buy stock for each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive...

August has been a busy month for airliners with traffic showing signs of increase. The economic downturn in 2009 and the oil price hike in 2008 had affected the airline industry during the past two years. Now, with the economic recovery, demand for air travel is increasing from last year's...

Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE: CYT) today announced a price increase for Aero Melamine™. Effective October 1, 2010, or as contracts allow, melamine list prices will increase by $0.05/lb ($110.231/MT).

Arch Chemicals Inc. (ARJ) recently raised full year guidance after it saw strong demand across all its business segments as the global recovery continued. Arch Chemicals produces chemicals that destroy and control the growth of harmful microbes. It has two segments: Biocides Products and...

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC) will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the results of operations for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010 on Tuesday, October 26th at 10:00 am Eastern Time.

September 7, 2010 (Investorideas.com water stocks newswire, www.water-stocks.com ) Investorideas.com and its water investor portal, www.water-stocks.com publish sector commentary from Lisa Springer, CFA, an equity research analyst and financial writer, on public and private companies participating...