Entries from Chemicals & The Economy tagged with 'credit downgrades'
Eurozone, IMF, offer €45bn aid package to Greece
After 3 months of agonising, it seems that a €45bn ($61bn) aid package will be offered to Greece. The Eurozone will offer €30bn, with a further €15bn coming from the IMF. Greece's GDP fell 2% in 2009. Experts now forecast...
Germany calls Greece's problems "tip of the iceberg"
Financial crises take time to mature. Yet until the end is nigh, apologists will insist that nothing needs to change. Thus valuable time is wasted. Last year, Iceland was the obvious example of this problem. Now it is Greece, a...
LyondellBasell considers bankruptcy
2008 has not ended well for the chemical industry. First there was the collapse in demand, as the various value chains destocked in response to slowing consumer demand and lower oil prices. Then INEOS, the world's 3rd largest chemical company,...
SABIC – S&P follow Moody’s
S&P have quickly followed Moody’s in putting SABIC Innovative Plastics’ debt on creditwatch for a downgrade. As I commented with the Moody’s downgrade, this is not really to do with a newly discovered decline in the polycarbonate market. S&P have...
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