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		<title><![CDATA[ICI plans job cuts and Rhodia suffers a net loss. (News: Europe).(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ICI ANNOUNCED last week that it plans to cut 1,410 jobs, equivalent  to 4 percent of its work force, with over half the cuts taking place in  North America. The reduction is part of a new phase of a cost-cutting  program aimed at achieving savings of ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[European specialty players revamp and replace their strategy. (Focus 2003: Specialty Chemicals/ChemSpec Europe Preview).]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4250/is_200304/ai_n13360184]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Threatened with commoditization, companies take drastic measures,  not only cutting costs and divesting operations, but also seeking an  entirely different, closer relationship with their customers.       Under pressure from sluggish demand, difficult    Threatened with commoditization, companies take drastic measures, ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Specialty chemicals companies show improved profitability. (News: Europe).(Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Rhodia', ICI, DSM)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOUR OF Europe's leading specialty chemicals companies have  reported improved pro-fitability during the third quarter despite  declining or static sales in continued tough market conditions.       Ciba Specialty Chemicals' sales fell by 4 percent to     FOUR OF Europe's leading...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Raisio considers expansion of its paper chemicals business. (News: Europe).(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAISIO IS seeking further acquisitions to expand its paper  chemicals operations after an agreement with Rhodia to take over full  control of their Latexia joint venture in paper latex.       The two companies have reached a deal under which Raisio wi  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Akzo Nobel, ICI Announce Job Cuts: Rhodia Speeds Up Its Restructuring.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[EUROPEAN CHEMICAL companies revealed a range of cost-cutting  measures last week, including job reductions, in the face of lower  second quarter profits and a continued downward trend for the rest of  2001.       The largest cutbacks were announced by   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2001 00:00:00 -0700</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[Rhodia Positive Despite Slowing US Economy.(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Company says it is well placed to exploit openings for potential  acquisitions.       AFTER BEING HIT by the rise in oil prices and the cost of delays in  the completion of its acquisition of Albright & Wilson (A&W),  Rhodia reported a 5-perce...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Akzo, Rhodia Announce Strong Results.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AKZO NOBEL'S chemicals business has posted the best quarterly  performance in its history. During the first quarter, its sales rose 15  percent to [epsilon]1.1 billion ($1 billion), and its operating income  climbed 13 percent to [epsilon]126 million.    AKZO NOBEL'S chemicals business has posted the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FTC accepts consent agreement allowing Rhodia, Donau Chemie AG to acquire Albright & Wilson, protecting competition in the market for pure phosphoric acid.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-15 March 2000-US FTC: FTC accepts consent agreement   allowing Rhodia, Donau Chemie AG to acquire Albright & Wilson,   protecting competition in the market for pure phosphoric acid  C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:14032000    The Federal Trade Commission has reached...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rhodia Posts Strong Fiscal Results.(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RHODIA'S OPERATING profit rose 22.5 percent to [epsilon]4O9  million ($413 million) last year, primarily because of strong  performances by its polyamide and industrial specialties businesses.       The company's net profit went up 96 percent to [epsi    RHODIA'S OPERATING profit rose...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brazil: Rhodia HPCII's sales will total US$200mil in 3 years.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5563/is_199912/ai_n22846750]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Rhone Poulenc's Rhodia HPCII (Home, Personal Care and  Industrial Ingredients) is to generate sales of US$200mil in South  America over a  3-year term, up from US$70mil at present. In Brazil,  where the  companyhas a modest operation, it will compete w   Rhone Poulenc's Rhodia...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rhodia Strengthens Its Financial Goals.(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rhodia is upgrading its midterm sales and profits targets,  Jean-Pierre Tirouflet, the company's chairman and chief executive  officer, said last week at the start of a road show on the sale of  Rhone-Poulenc's 67 percent stake in the company.       R ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rhodia Improves Its First Half Net Income by a Hefty 22 Percent.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company's sales fall 10 percent, but it cuts costs.       RHODIA STILL EXPECTS to achieve a 75 percent increase in net profit  this year after posting a 22 percent gain in net income during the first  half.     ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rhodia Expects Strong Results Throughout '99.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Management is confident the company will overcome global economic  challenges.       RHODIA EXPECTS a substantial increase in profits in 1999 despite  predicting continued tough market conditions in the early part of the  year that may not improve unt    Management...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 1999 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rhodia admits need to increase specialties profits.(Rhone-Poulenc subsidiary, specialty chemicals)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rhodia, the newly formed chemicals subsidiary of Rhone-Poulenc which  is being floated on the stock market later this year, admits that it  must boost poor levels of profitability to become a leading performer in  specialty chemicals.        The company  Rhodia,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 1998 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rhodia Admits Need to Increase Specialties Profits]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still, it will move on flotation, seeing it as an opportunity to  improve.     RHODIA, THE NEWLY FORMED chemicals subsidiary of Rhone-Poulenc which  is being floated on the stock market later this year, admits that it  must boost poor levels of profitab  Still,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 1998 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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