Western Australia, holidays, Scarborough Beach,
Asian Chemical Connections
“Real” people start to suffer even more
Bradford and Bingley, UK, auto industry, consumer spending, plastic packaging, financial meltdown
Tainted food hits polymer sales
Cadbury, China civil unrest, financial meltdown, Tainted food
The big challenges
As delegates gather for this year’s European Petrochemical Association meeting in the unreal world of Monaco (unreal for the 99.9 per cent recurring of us who don’t own Ferraris), I thought it was worth summarising some of the issues discussed on this blog over the last few months. We’ve dealt with: *Oil-price volatility and the […]
Crikey, did I eat that much?
Pimco, Mohamed El-Erian, financial meltdown, financial rescue package, American Chemistry Council
Even Middle East funding is under threat
Dow Chemical, Ras Tanura, the deadly duo, Hank Paulson, Ben Bernanke, financial meltdown, financial rescue package, Saudi Aramco
Historic polyolefin market collapse
polyolefin market collapse, financial meltdown, financial rescue package, oil-supply crisis,
Did Paulson’s wife have to get up early?
Hank Paulson, Bruce Springsteen, Britain’s Labour Party, socialism, financial meltdown, US financial rescue package
Changing nature of demand
green homes, the Economist, Peak Oil, speculators, changing demand growth
Eggheads are annoying
BASF, eggheads, integration benefits, McKinsey, counter-cyclical investment, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Clariant