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• BASF Upbeat Despite Economic Slowdown

  By Mantik Kusjanto MANNHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's BASF (BASF), the world's biggest chemicals company by sales, remains upbeat despite signs of a slowing global economy after posting strong first-quarter results that beat expectations. "Our long-term strategy is paying off," Chief Executive ...

  News items 2008-04-24

  Tags: Sales strategy, BASF AG, chemicals, Germany, The Dow Chemical Co., sales, earnings, financial market, Thomson Reuters Corp., analyst, operating profit, net profit, income, CEO, tax, acquisition, financial, strategy

• Weak Dollar and Booming Agriculture to Help DuPont, Dow Results

  By Euan Rocha NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dow Chemical Co (DOW) and DuPont Co (DD) have faced a tough first-quarter due to soaring costs and economic difficulties, but gains from a weak U.S. dollar, strong overseas markets and booming agricultural sector are ...

  News items 2008-04-21

  Tags: DuPont Co., The Dow Chemical Co., agriculture, profit margin, earnings, revenue, chemicals, analyst, biofuel, developing country, New York, U.S., biotechnology, natural gas, food, Thomson Reuters Corp., electronics, industry, pricing strategy, benefit

• Earnings Are Key as Dow Nears Turnaround

  By Jennifer Coogan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors will have seen enough corporate results by the end of this week to determine if the recent string of encouraging earnings was an anomaly or a real sign stocks can weather the credit crisis and...

  News items 2008-04-20

  Tags: Financial accounting, Sales strategy, The Dow Chemical Co., anomaly, S&P 500, economic slowdown, earnings, writeoff, earnings announcement, New York, sales, stock, Thomson Reuters Corp., layoff, financial, IBM Corp., credit card, cell phone, bank, mobile, benefit

• How to Condescend Your Boss, Dow Jones-Style

  Rupert Murdoch is all fired up about the potential for WSJ online — perhaps a little too fired up. Murdoch said that the site would drop its subscription model, and that he anticipates a massive increase in readership — from one million to 10-15 million — when the site becomes...

  Blog posts 2007-11-14

  Tags: The Dow Chemical Co., Lori Deschene, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Rooney

• Physician Heal Thyself -- Business Journalism Takes Some Tough Criticisim

  The collapse of the sub-prime lending market with all its attendant effects took a lot of people by surprise this summer. (But, as we've previously blogged, not everyone.) Should we have been so surprised? Perhaps those with a vested interest in the industry were blinded by their own need to...

  Blog posts 2007-09-14

  Tags: Benefits, Financial services, Jessica Stillman, physician, Martin Lobel

• BNET Daily Dispatch: Dow Chemical, Alltel, Yahoo, and Airbus

  Former Dow Chemical CFO, J. Pedro Reinhard, sued Dow yesterday for libel and breach of contract. Dow fired Reinhard after he was accused of holding unauthorized talks to sell the company. Reinhard's complaint seeks compensatory and punitive damages amounting to $75 million.Several teams of private equity firms are preparing bids...

  Blog posts 2007-05-09

  Tags: Financial services, Investment, Joseph De Avila, Airbus, The Dow Chemical Co., Alltel Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Pedro Reinhard

• BNET Daily Dispatch: Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Dow Chemical, and Citigroup

  Wal-Mart is considering spinning off its Sam's Club operations in an attempt to boost its lagging share price. Wal-Mart said it was part of several options that the mega-retailer outlined in its secret plan dubbed "Project Red" that aims to rejuvenate the company. Wal-Mart also said that it sued its...

  Blog posts 2007-04-09

  Tags: Joseph De Avila, McDonald's Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Old Lane, Citigroup Inc., The Dow Chemical Co.

• mySAP ERP Human Capital Management at Dow Corning

  Dow Corning initiated a cost-reduction strategy to maintain its market position in the increasingly cost-competitive silicone industry. To remain competitive amidst these new market dynamics, silicone manufacturers have needed to streamline processes, reduce costs, and rationalize global operations. Dow Corning responded to market pressures by first implementing a global single...

  Case studies 2004-09-01

  Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Customer relationship management (CRM), Enterprise software, Human capital, SAP AG, mySAP ERP, Corning Inc., mySAP, The Dow Chemical Co., capital management, human capital management, ERP, Human Resources, strategy, industry, software

• Dow Corning Eliminates Injuries While Improving Throughput and Product Quality With Humantech

  Dow Corning, a global leader in silicon-based technology and innovation, offers more than 7,000 products and services in the worldwide marketplace. Dow Corning's silicone processing operation had previously been designated as the highest risk area in the facility. Employees in this area were manually handling between 4,000 and 6,000 pounds...

  Case studies 2004-03-01

  Tags: Leadership, Corning Inc., The Dow Chemical Co., leader

• A Good Name Is Better Than Riches: Tips To Consider When Selecting A New Brand Name

  "A good name is better than riches." The paper in general provides certain tips to consider when selecting a new brand name. But to get a good name takes a careful balancing act between art and science. Selecting a good name on a global scale adds the need for legal...

  White papers 2003-09-16

  Tags: Branding, Dow Corning Corp., riches, brand name, brand

• How to Profit From Time-Value Decay With S&P 500 Options on Futures

  This article elaborates regarding Derivatives. It is worth noting that deep out-of-the-money put spreads can, as an alternative, be placed on Dow futures options. Dow spreads require less margin than S&P futures options and would be better for those investors with smaller trading accounts. Whether the investors are trading Dow...

  White papers 2002-07-17

  Tags: Financial accounting, Investopedia, The Dow Chemical Co., S&P, S&P 500, derivatives, investor, adjustment, monitor

• Dow Chemical Design for Six Sigma Rail Delivery Project

  Dow Chemical needed to find a solution that would enable them to meet the forecasted increase in demand for a line of products. In order to find the most cost effective solution that met all project criteria, Dow Chemical implemented Six Sigma principles. By utilizing the Six Sigma methodology combined...

  White papers 2001-11-14

  Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Rockwell Automation Inc., The Dow Chemical Co., Six Sigma, Design For Six Sigma

• Obtaining acceptance

  Six Sigma targets the bottom line, but what does it mean for employees? and buy-in from employees for any change initiative is imperative and extremely difficult. However, a change initiative involving Six Sigma is even more so, given its high price tag and nebulous nature. This is shown in the...

  Case studies 2001-05-01

  Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Pfingsten Publishing, Six Sigma, The Dow Chemical Co., worker

• Intellectual Assets: Case Study

  Dow’s vision, is to develop a management process that maximizes the business value of its existing intellectual assets and helps to create new ones. This effort was critical to achieving buy-in throughout the corporation for the group’s new Intellectual Asset Management Model IAM Model. This model includes various projects on...

  Case studies 1997-03-01

  Tags: leadership, vision, asset

• Dow, Fraunhofer Explore Rapid Plant-Based Vaccine Manufacturing

  One of the problems with most vaccine manufacturing processes is that they are animal based, posing contamination issues. Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.) is working with Fraunhofer USA's Center for Molecular Biotechnology (Newark, Del.) on a new manufacturing route where vaccine protein production will take place on the leaves of...

  White papers

  Tags: HEALTHCARE, vaccine, The Dow Chemical Co., manufacturing, biotechnology, technique

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• New York

  WORLD MARKETS Stocks tumbled on concerns about inflation and higher interest rates as oil jumped to a record above $123 a barrel. Investors sold off shares of banks, housebuilders and companies dependent on consumer spending. The Dow closed down 206.48, or 1.59 per cent, at 12,814.35. The...

  Articles 2008-05-08

• New York

  WORLD MARKETS Shares rose as record crude oil prices lifted energy companies |including Exxon Mobil, while Fannie Maes |reassuring comments about its stability buoyed financial services |companies. Tech shares rose on speculation that |Microsoft and Yahoo will resume takeover talks. The Dow Jones closed |up 51.29, or...

  Articles 2008-05-07

• Thomas J. Herzfeld Inc.: Herzfeld Advisors Performance Hits Landmark -- Up 500%

  Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. is pleased toannounce that as of last night's close, the firm's Managed Account Programswhich invest exclusively in closed-end funds made an all-time high at$3,600,014 (per unit) vs. $600,000 at inception. The program consists of atotal of six Managed Portfolios, each of which has a...

  Articles 2008-05-07

• TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Expands Therapeutic Nucleic Acids Manufacturing Capacity

  Dow Nucleic Acids Medicines Business Assets Acquired SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the expansion of its nucleic acid active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in Boulder, Colo. Agilent's Nucleic Acids Solutions Division is adding large-scale nucleic acid synthesis, purification and drying capacity that...

  Articles 2008-05-07

• New Addition to Dow Jones NewsPlus Provides Insight into the Current Credit Crisis

  New Page Gives Customers Full Access to Top Stories and Features NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones & Company, a News Corporation company , today announced the addition of a new page to its Dow Jones NewsPlus Web site that provides detailed information surrounding the...

  Articles 2008-05-06