Entries from Chemicals & The Economy tagged with 'chemical industry'
International Year of Chemistry 2011
2011 has been named International Year of Chemistry by the United Nations. The date coincides with the centenary of Marie Curie winning the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. A range of activities is being planned on a national and international basis...
The blog's 3rd birthday
The blog continues to go from strength to strength. It is now read in 130 countries and 3680 cities, up from 111 countries and 2088 cities a year ago. Its readership is truly global, with the Top 10 countries including...
US interest rates turn negative
The irresponsibility of some parts of the global banking system continues to upset the blog. First, there was news that several banks are planning to award themselves huge 'bonuses', based largely on their trading success. Yet the money they are...
S Korean exports drop 33% in January
The scale of the crisis in Asian economies becomes clearer, month by month. Exports account for nearly half of S Korea's GDP. In January, these dropped 33%. Of course, January is always a slow month, due to the Lunar New...
China plans "extraordinary measures"
China faces a difficult outlook, after the collapse of its main export markets in the West. Interviewed by the Financial Times today, China's premier, Wen Jiabao, sets out a pragmatic list of "forceful" actions that are now underway. Most are...
Greed and Fear
Bill Gross runs PIMCO, the world’s largest government bond managers with assets of nearly $700bn. In a new commentary, he pulls no punches about what he sees as the ‘gluttony’ of the super-rich amongst the private equity and hedge fund...
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