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All Rights Reserved</copyright><ttl>10</ttl><image><url>http://www.icis.com/images/logo_icis.gif</url><title></title><link>http://www.icis.com/v2/rss/newsfeeds/precanned/chemical+business.xml</link></image><item><title>This week's world news</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261311/This-weeks-world-news.html</link><description>This week's world news. HUNTSMAN CAUTIOUS ON ADDITIONAL DEALS US polyurethanes and pigment producer Huntsman will be cautious about acquisitions after...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261311/This-weeks-world-news.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chemical industry appointments</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261731/Chemical-industry-appointments.html</link><description>Chemical industry appointments. EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: JOAN TRANOR who is currently managing director of UK chemical distributor Chance &amp; Hunt, has...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261731/Chemical-industry-appointments.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Projects and permanent plant closures: October 27-November 2, 2009</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261395/New-Projects-and-permanent-plant-closures-October-27November-2,-2009.html</link><description>New Projects and permanent plant closures: October 27-November 2, 2009. NEW PROJECTS Company Location Product Capacity Process Contractor Cost...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261395/New-Projects-and-permanent-plant-closures-October-27November-2,-2009.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chemical market trends: Week filled by contract talk</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261394/Chemical-market-trends-Week-filled-by-contract-talk.html</link><description>Chemical market trends: Week filled by contract talk. Players are preoccupied by contract discussions. High energy costs contribute to a rise for US...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261394/Chemical-market-trends-Week-filled-by-contract-talk.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Key chemical prices</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261393/Key-chemical-prices.html</link><description>Key chemical prices. SPOT BULK CHEMICAL PRICES (*DENOTES NOMINAL RANGE) Asia Europe US $/tonne Change $/tonne Change cents/lb Change Naphtha...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261393/Key-chemical-prices.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chemical profile: ABS resins</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261392/Chemical-profile-ABS-resins.html</link><description>Chemical profile: ABS resins. uses Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) is the largest-volume engineering thermoplastic resin. It can be used in...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261392/Chemical-profile-ABS-resins.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: The art of science and innovation in business</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261391/Commentary-The-art-of-science-and-innovation-in-business.html</link><description>Commentary: The art of science and innovation in business. "Making money is art and working is art, and good business is the best art," said famous...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261391/Commentary-The-art-of-science-and-innovation-in-business.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Readers' letters</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261390/Readers-letters.html</link><description>Readers' letters. The deputy editor of trade publication Industrial Minerals gives us good feedback on Bolivian lithium coverage. Plus, Nexant's head...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261390/Readers-letters.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Endpoint: Saudi Arabia wants to be financially compensated for the oil we do not use</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261702/Endpoint-Saudi-Arabia-wants-to-be-financially-compensated-for-the-oil-we-do-not-use.html</link><description>Endpoint: Saudi Arabia wants to be financially compensated for the oil we do not use. Perhaps it is a symptom of the times, but it seems like nobody...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261702/Endpoint-Saudi-Arabia-wants-to-be-financially-compensated-for-the-oil-we-do-not-use.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Newsbites: 50 and 25 years ago</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261701/Newsbites-50-and-25-years-ago.html</link><description>Newsbites: 50 and 25 years ago. ICIS Chemical Business traces its roots back to 1871, when one of the original ­publications was called Oil, Paint...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261701/Newsbites-50-and-25-years-ago.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>From our own correspondent: Lessons from the ladies tee</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261389/From-our-own-correspondent-Lessons-from-the-ladies-tee.html</link><description>From our own correspondent: Lessons from the ladies tee. Special guest columnist: Carol Piccaro, CEO, U.S. Chemicals Golf is one of the perks of my...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261389/From-our-own-correspondent-Lessons-from-the-ladies-tee.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Market intelligence: Chemical industry receives breakthrough technology funding from US Department of Energy</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261388/Market-intelligence-Chemical-industry-receives-breakthrough-technology-funding-from-US-Department-of-Energy.html</link><description>Market intelligence: Chemical industry receives breakthrough technology funding from US Department of Energy. THE has announced the first research and...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261388/Market-intelligence-Chemical-industry-receives-breakthrough-technology-funding-from-US-Department-of-Energy.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Think tank: No easy way out of the global economic crisis for chemicals</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261387/Think-tank-No-easy-way-out-of-the-global-economic-crisis-for-chemicals.html</link><description>Think tank: No easy way out of the global economic crisis for chemicals. CEO Jurgen Hambrecht was making a point on the third-quarter (Q3) conference...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261387/Think-tank-No-easy-way-out-of-the-global-economic-crisis-for-chemicals.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What's on: ICIS has a range of solutions for you</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261326/Whats-on-ICIS-has-a-range-of-solutions-for-you.html</link><description>What's on: ICIS has a range of solutions for you. Marketing solutions for all from ICIS ICIS aims to provide solutions for all professionals in the...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/09/9261326/Whats-on-ICIS-has-a-range-of-solutions-for-you.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Debate over genetic modification continues to rage</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/06/9261725/Debate-over-genetic-modification-continues-to-rage.html</link><description>Debate over genetic modification continues to rage. Despite a widespread mistrust of GMOs, with Friends of the Earth, for one, favoring organic...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/06/9261725/Debate-over-genetic-modification-continues-to-rage.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Global chemical producers look to get a piece of the growing photovoltaic market</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/05/9260989/Global-chemical-producers-look-to-get-a-piece-of-the-growing-photovoltaic-market.html</link><description>Global chemical producers look to get a piece of the growing photovoltaic market. Chemical companies line up to serve the photovoltaic industry....</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/05/9260989/Global-chemical-producers-look-to-get-a-piece-of-the-growing-photovoltaic-market.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cognis to grow Nutrition &amp; Health</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/04/9260987/Cognis-to-grow-Nutrition--Health.html</link><description>Cognis to grow Nutrition &amp; Health. Consumers are starting to seek nutritional products to help maintain long and healthy lives. Cognis is determined...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/04/9260987/Cognis-to-grow-Nutrition--Health.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nutritional supplement regulations worry European industry</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/04/9260978/Nutritional-supplement-regulations-worry-European-industry.html</link><description>Nutritional supplement regulations worry European industry. New regulations have pleased US manufacturers of nutritional supplements, but in Europe,...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/04/9260978/Nutritional-supplement-regulations-worry-European-industry.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nutraceuticals find a niche in beauty market</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/03/9260304/Nutraceuticals-find-a-niche-in-beauty-market.html</link><description>Nutraceuticals find a niche in beauty market. With the health and wellness trend well underway, consumers take nutraceutical consumption a step...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/03/9260304/Nutraceuticals-find-a-niche-in-beauty-market.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dow Chemical and Live Earth partner to solve the global water crisis</title><link>http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/03/9258979/Dow-Chemical-and-Live-Earth-partner-to-solve-the-global-water-crisis.html</link><description>Dow Chemical and Live Earth partner to solve the global water crisis. Dow Chemical, Live Earth and celebrities team up to tackle the water crisis by...</description><guid isPermaLink="True">http://www.icis.com/Articles/2009/11/03/9258979/Dow-Chemical-and-Live-Earth-partner-to-solve-the-global-water-crisis.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 November 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>