Entries from Chemicals & The Economy tagged with 'DuPont'
DuPont warns and stresses "productivity initiatives"
By now, companies should be reordering for the New Year. CFOs have achieved their working capital targets for year-end. And the commercial people should be planning Q1 sales. So far, however, it seems that this restocking has proved rather weak....
$25bn M&A surge suggests market top is close
Financial markets are different from other markets. And the way we relate to them is different too. Shops, for example, would never seek to win new customers by advertising 'Prices increased 10% last week'. Instead, they splash red signs across...
The $96m phone call
In the Boom period, it was the investment bankers who used to walk away with telephone number fees, after convincing a CEO to go after an acquisition 'opportunity'. Now, in another sign of the New Normal, it is a former...
Chemical Industry & Employment Outlook webinar
The blog is pleased to have been invited by the American Chemical Society (ACS) to join its online panel discussion on "Chemical Industry & Employment Outlook: Trends 2010 and Beyond", taking place via webinar on Tuesday 2 November. Its co-panellists...
Brainstorming on biomass
The blog has come across a useful new tool for global brainstorming, run out of San Francisco by DiscoveryCast. They have recently organised a major event with Paris-based SpecialChem to review the current state of play in bio-based initiatives. This...
CEOs remain cautious over 2010 Outlook
The blog's quarterly survey of company Outlook statements shows CEOs remain very cautious. There has been a rebound after the destocking disaster of Q4 2008 - Q1 2009. But there seems little confidence that we will quickly return to the...
Opportunities for the New Decade
Over the past century, many parts of the world have seen an extraordinary increase in living standards and life expectancy. As the Financial Times notes, we used to marry at c15 years, become grandparents at c30 and die at c45....
No sign of any upturn
This week's company results have been keenly awaited, as the industry seeks to form a view on what happens next to demand and profits. My new IeC colleague Paul Satchell reviews them, from the point of view of a highly-experienced...
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