Bear Stearns, Dalian Commodity Exchange, bear-market rally, China speculation, ethane versus naphtha prices, International eChem
Asian Chemical Connections
If manufacturers started buying up their suppliers….
This excellent article from The Economist about vertical integration got me thinking that if, say, auto makers start buying up parts suppliers in developed markets (in developing markets the plastics processing industry is too fragmented) we could end up facing a whole new set of industry dynamics. Buying up your supplier, or at least offering […]
Go to the bottom of the class and stay there
financial rescue package, financial meltdown, idiotic financiers, corporate greed
How to make money in a downturn Part 1
John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, antidumping petitions, trade protection, living in cloud cuckoo land
Chem engineers back with avengeance
chemical engineers, financial meltdown, Nigel Davis, inventory management, H2 2009 recovery
The demise of private equity
private equity, Charles R Morris, Paul Krugman, the New York Times, Conscience Of A Liberal
Any spare change, Mister?
Financial Times, LyondellBasell, Federal Reserve, state ownership, Barack Obama, Us stimulus package
I will wait for this Lego truck to hit S$100
LyondellBasell, Volker Trautz, Lego, recycling, deflation, financial meltdown
Buy small and local to survive
logistics, credit crisis, financial meltdown, inventory management, plastic packaging
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 the counselling that the children of this new Great Depression […]