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  • Chemical company salaries revealed

    A new website which shows salaries for thousands of employees in leading companies, including major chemical firms, has been running for two months in the US, according to this article in TimesOnline today. Click on Glassdoor.com to see more than 50,000 company reviews and salary reports from 80 countries...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-21-2008

  • Chemicals are a YouTube hit

    Chemicals are an unexpected hit on YouTube after chemistry academics at the UK's University of Nottingham posted 121 videos of the elements of the periodic table and dangerous experiments, according to this TV clip on the BBC website . So far, the clip of sodium fizzing violently and igniting has...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-31-2008

  • Fuel hikes impact on holidays, cars, jewellery and pizza

    My saintly mother called yesterday to complain that the organisers of her Portuguese river cruise holiday were hammering it with an 80% surcharge on account of "higher fuel costs". Saintly but not stupid, she smartly took her business elsewhere, namely to clever operators Saga Holidays who...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-22-2008

  • Why are Brits rubbish at recycling?

    My colleague Ed Cox has quite a controversial take on the British approach to recycling... As I danced down the stairs on Saturday morning with another couple of bin bags full of rubbish, I asked myself why we Brits are so bad at recycling? I'm not a bad person but it just never occurs to me to put...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-03-2008

  • Fado and dancing lift the mood at Lisbon EPL

    The highlight of the Lisbon European Petrochemical Luncheon ( EPL ) was the spectacular party thrown by Peninsula and Lakeview at a ruined monastery on Friday evening. With lots of wives and partners over for the weekend, there were more than 100 guests dining under the stars, quaffing wines from the...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-24-2008

  • Chemical safety of shower curtains

    Are you worried about the smell of your new shower curtain? Or how about the smell of your new car? Now that I mention it, perhaps you had been feeling nervous about the "lurking menace in the bathroom... quietly off-gassing a cruel industrial bouquet of death vapours". I am indebted to Nel...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-17-2008

  • New chemicals brokers: Blue Ocean Brokerage

    The Blog has received a nice calling card in this morning's emails from Kevin, Marcelo and Gerry in New York who are announcing the set-up of their new outfit, Blue Ocean Brokerage. The three ex-Starsupply brokers will be based in their offices on Fifth Avenue, New York. After the departure in September...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-02-2008

  • Coping with jetlag, chemical-style

    Chemicals folk travel the world in pursuit of global deals, but it seems that some of them are better at it than others. Some of them swear by Melatonin , which helps them to sleep on the plane and to stay awake by day at their destination. Unfortunately, it's not licensed for sale in pharmacies...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-02-2008
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