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		<title><![CDATA[Rhodia announces refinancing, stock surges]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200403/ai_kepm404620]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PARIS AFP ? French chemicals group Rhodia announced that it had agreed a refinancing plan totalling about 1.8 billion euros (2.19 billion dollars), pushing its shares up 20 percent.  The company said it would also sell assets to raise at least 700 million euros this year.  The company,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Europe Ripe for Consolidation.(surfactants market)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb045/is_200102/ai_n26473666]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THE EUROPEAN SURFACTANTS MARKET IS RIPE for consolidation because  there are many producers, a lack of product differentiation, and  depressed profits, says a study by Frost & Sullivan London.  "As a result of high raw material prices and critically low  finished product prices, high volume basic...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2001 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tough Choices in Commodity Surfactants.(Sasol Chemical Industries Ltd. acquires Condea Chemie GmbH)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Difficult business conditions are driving cansolidation and  restructuring.      Two major deals in December--Sasol's acquisition of Condea and  Huntsman's purchase of Albright & Wilson Surfactants  Europe--were an appropriate finish to a year when the manufacturers of  commodity anionic surfactants found themselves catching...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2001 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Silicone Producers Roll Out Investments.(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4250/is_200012/ai_n13186923]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Asia is an especially hot region for these versatile polymers.      Demand for silicones will continue to grow faster than the economy,  particularly in more specialized markets where they provide entirely new  performance characteristics as well as improvements over materials  already in use....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2000 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rhodia Makes Major Investments in Singapore, China.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4250/is_200010/ai_n13182478]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SPECIALTY CHEMICAL producer Rhodia is focusing its business  activity on Asia-Pacific with plans to spend $8.6 million to expand its  regional technical center in Singapore while initiating several new  investments in China. The company expects to inv    SPECIALTY CHEMICAL producer Rhodia is focusing its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Headquartered in Paris, specialty chemicals company Rhodia has announced that, following approval by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC, it has completed its acquisition of Glen-Allen, Va.-based Albright & Wilson. The acquired company--which operates internationally in the areas of phosphates, surfactants and phosphorus derivatives, and acrylics--will be integrated into Rhodia's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2000 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Albright & Wi1son]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FTC has approved the acquisition of Albright & Wi1son, Glen Allen, VA, by Rhodia Performance Fibres, Valence, France. The merger between the two companies is currently underway.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2000 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US FTC: Hoechst and Rhone-Poulenc settle FTC charges th that merger would violate antitrust laws.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-10 December 1999-US FTC: Hoechst and Rhone-Poulenc  settle FTC charges that merger would violate antitrust laws C1994-99  M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:071299    * Agency Mandates Divestiture of Thrombin Inhibitor Drug and  Specialty Chemicals    The Federal Trade Commission today...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 1999 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rhodia Okays A&W Buy After FTC Approves It.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ON OCTOBER 25, Rhodia's board authorized Jean-Pierre  Tirouflet, the company's chairman and CEO, to exercise the call  option on Danube Chemicals Acquisition Corporation, a parent company of  Albright & Wilson, once Rhodia receives Federal Trade Commission  approval for the acquisition. The European Commission sanctioned the ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 1999 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rhodia Expands Nashville Site]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RHODIA INC. is completing a 1,000-short-ton expansion of its sodium  hypophosphate operations in Nashville, Tenn., the second phase of a $6.7  million project at the site. The investment, which began in December  1996 with a $2 million investment, has a  RHODIA INC. is completing a 1,000-short-ton...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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