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Halloween commuting in Houston

As Halloween madness sweeps America, one scary commuter heads for the ICIS Houston office. Read More...

Published 31 Oct 2008 16:30 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: trivia, business travel, ICIS, Houston, corporate life, commuting, ICIS Houston, Halloween, bikers
US 2008 election jokes for chemical folks

Next week's US presidential elections are preying heavily on the minds of our US petchem brethren. What will the new administration be doing on all the hot petchem topics: offshore drilling, onshore drilling, ethanol, eco-labels, REACH-style registration...

Published 31 Oct 2008 12:35 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: chemicals, trivia, Reach, drilling, President, jokes, US election, Washington
Treats from the Green Blog

Just wanted to greet everybody a Happy Halloween and as a treat, here are several climate change funny cartoons that I took from the web (hopefully I won't get sued for these!). 1. Carbon Credit card - No interest fee for one year! Read More...

Published 31 Oct 2008 12:22 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: General, climate change, carbon emission, funny cartoons
BASF warns on 2009

Back in August, the blog noted that BASF chairman Jurgen Hambrecht was forecasting that "the world will still continue to grow respectably", although he foresaw a temporary slowdown into H1 2009. Yesterday , however, this mood of relative optimism...

Published 31 Oct 2008 11:11 by Chemicals & The Economy

Filed under: BASF, recession, Dow Chemical
Carbon project guidelines

Although the feasibility of capturing, storing and even reusing carbon dioxide to reduce greenhouse gases is now acceptable within the scientific community, skepticism still exists (like the idea of clean coal I guess) some coming from green groups themselves...

Published 31 Oct 2008 9:23 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: study, General, studies and reports, carbon capture, WRI
Deflation threatens

Prof Nouriel Roubini of New York University was one of those to correctly forecast a global recession. He is now warning in a detailed new article that "sharp deflationary pressures" are likely to hit in 2009. As evidence, he notes: • the supply...

Published 30 Oct 2008 16:29 by Chemicals & The Economy

Filed under: Economic growth, Oil markets, Financial Events, Leverage, recession, Roubini
Fertilizers are hot topic on Aussie radio

Fertilizer prices are plummeting at a rate which makes the current chemicals market look like an oasis of tranquillity. And so it came about that my workmate Steve Mitchell, managing editor of ICIS fertilizers was dragged from his bed one morning last...

Published 30 Oct 2008 8:16 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: gossip, price reporting, radio, fertilizers, Country Hour, Australian ABC
Holiday time for Biofuelsimon

I've got two days off this week, tomorrow and Friday. I'll be back hard at it on Monday though. See you then. Read More...

Published 29 Oct 2008 16:05 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: holiday, Admin
Where to eat in New York c/o BA

Looking for a bargain hotel and good food in New York? Visitors to the December ICIS Baseoils conference and the NECA Winter Meeting won't have to compete this year for room space with last year's hordes of British shoppers flaunting their two...

Published 29 Oct 2008 12:46 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: business travel, conferences, British Airways, New York, NECA, NECA Winter Meeting
All those wasted lives - but at least you got your bonus

Mr Obscenely Rich Got Out In Tiime Banker, please look into these eyes, see the pain from the last Great Depression and maybe you will give some of your obscenely huge bonus towards poverty relief. And perhaps also you'll be willing to pay for all...

Published 29 Oct 2008 12:45 by Asian Chemical Connections

Filed under: US, Economics, China, Europe, Middle East, Olefins, Polyolefins, Oil & Gas, Fibre Intermediates
Less emission from hybrid plastic

California-based bioplastic manufacturer Cereplast said the use of its Biopropylene hybrid resin (which can replace up to 50% petroleum-based plastic content) emits 42% less greenhouse gas emission compared to the use of regular polypropylene. In a study...

Published 29 Oct 2008 11:23 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Company initiatives, General, studies and reports, bioplastic, carbon emission, polypropylene, Cereplast
Panic over? Fed lends directly to companies

The US Federal Reserve is now bypassing the banking system, and dealing directly with major corporate borrowers. These have been cut off from many sources of credit, as banks hoarded their cash. The impact has been immediate, with 1500 transactions already...

Published 28 Oct 2008 19:11 by Chemicals & The Economy

Filed under: Economic growth, Financial Events, credit crunch, Leverage, US Federal Reserve
US house prices fall again

US house prices continued their downward path in August, and "every region reported negative annual returns", according to today's new Case-Shiller index . Nationally, average prices were down 17%, with Phoenix and Las Vegas down over 30...

Published 28 Oct 2008 18:13 by Chemicals & The Economy

Filed under: Economic growth, Case-Shiller index, Financial Events, Leverage, recession, US housing
OPEC cuts production, worries about demand

Two main factors weigh on oil markets. The first, as PetroMatrix point out in their latest weekly report , is that speculative players in virtually all commodity markets are being forced to deleverage their positions. Therefore, "the bottom will...

Published 28 Oct 2008 17:54 by Chemicals & The Economy

Filed under: Economic growth, Oil markets, Futures trading, oil prices, recession, OPEC, Saudi Arabia
Chemicals follow cell phones "down the toilet"

The sharp fall in most chemical prices in recent weeks has resulted in some frayed nerves and some colourful language from traditionally mild-mannered industry contacts of ICIS pricing reporters - some of which has been captured in ICIS news articles...

Published 28 Oct 2008 17:39 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: BBC, chemicals, price reporting, train

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Halloween commuting in Houston

US 2008 election jokes for chemical folks

Treats from the Green Blog

BASF warns on 2009

Carbon project guidelines

Deflation threatens

Fertilizers are hot topic on Aussie radio

Holiday time for Biofuelsimon

Where to eat in New York c/o BA

All those wasted lives - but at least you got your bonus

Less emission from hybrid plastic

Panic over? Fed lends directly to companies

US house prices fall again

OPEC cuts production, worries about demand

Chemicals follow cell phones "down the toilet"