Chemical News

More farmers are turning back to pesticides to combat rootworms after genetically modified seeds have started to loose their effectiveness.

One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups.

Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd. has deferred for another three quarters a decision to proceed with what the government describes as one of the country's most important oil-and-gas projects.

PPG Industries was named a 2013 Automotive News PACE Award winner for its Andaro tint dispersions.

A joint venture between Mitsui & Company Ltd. and Idemitsu Kosan Company Ltd., two Japanese chemical companies, has chosen to build an alpha olefins chemical plant at Dow Chemical Co.'s Freeport location.

The republican nominees for statewide office are making their way around the commonwealth this week.

Two city officials and three others have been indicted in connection with a federal probe into a bribery scheme involving a program to rebuild the city's most troubled neighborhoods.

"Progressivism, liberalism, or whatever you want to call it has become an ideology of power.

Park Electrochemical Corp. announced the appointment of Linda M. Lagnese as Director of Human Resources of the Company.

Wall Street continued to rise Friday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the week at 15,354.40, up 0.8 percent.

They may have won the battle, but paint makers will still have to pay for the long and costly war over lead paint, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled.

This week, the House and Senate released their respective drafts of the Farm Bill.

Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the insects pollinate fruits and vegetables that make up roughly a quarter of the American diet.

Corning Incorporated today unveiled the first all-optical, converged in-building wireless solution to satisfy the increasing demand from enterprises, hotels, convention centers, and arenas for high-speed, high-capacity wireless hubs with virtually unlimited bandwidth.

Barloworld Ltd., the distributor of Caterpillar Inc.'s construction products in South Africa, said first-half profit advanced 50 percent as newly-acquired Bucyrus boosted sales in the equipment division.

A general view shows the annual general meeting of Bayer AG in Cologne April 27, 2012.

Bayer signed an agreement Thursday to acquire 100% of the shares of Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany, a privately held pharmaceutical company specializing in pharmacy-only herbal medicines.

The Suburbs' Chan Poling brings the mic in close for audience members to sing "Love is the Law" on the final song of the night at a concert celebrating Minnesota's new gay marriage law at Ecolab Plaza in St.

BASF Corporation is one of the leading chemical companies in North America. It is the North American affiliate of BASF SE.

KUWAIT: State-run Kuwait Petroleum Company appointed a new chief executive and suspended other top officials after the country paid $2.2bn in damages to Dow Chemical Co over a scrapped plastics joint venture.