The Blog is bouncing with glee because the long-awaited Hamlet with David Tennant (aka Dr Who) has opened, and we already have our stalls tickets in hand, even if it is for a Saturday in deepest November. The play opened last night at the RSC's Stratford-upon-Avon theatre to glowing reviews, and already the RSC is sending us emails warning us not to try to resell the tickets, because they will be invalidated, or even try to bring the car into Stratford on the day, because the motorway and town will be gridlocked.
Hamlet's tale of indecisiveness, procrastination and delay leading to a stage piled high in dead bodies has something to say, however tenuously, to the chemical industry, where delays in selling off parts of businesses, most notably BASF's styrenics, are making it more difficult to attract buyers as the economy slows, and could well result in lower valuations than had been originally envisaged (although no dead bodies.)
For more shameless quoting of Shakespeare, see Paul Hodges' article in ICB today:
http://www.icis.com/Articles/2008/08/18/9148658/consultants-corner-global-petrochemical-industry-must-adapt-to-survive.html
For further hot news about the BASF styrenics divestment, see:
http://www.icis.com/Articles/2008/08/18/9149812/basf-reorganises-styrenics-ahead-of-sale.html