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Chemical maker Ashland Inc. is poised to generate positive free cash flow and maintain strong liquidity in 2010, a ratings analyst said as he upgraded the company's outlook and affirmed its debt ratings.

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. said Matthew T. Mullarkey, the companya s chief operating officer, a oehas left the company by mutual agreement.a Steven A. Ellers, the president and former COO at West, is deferring his previously announced 2010 retirement a oein order to provide managerial continuity and support following Mr.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company today announced that it is adding capacity at its Findlay tire plant with an additional $10 million investment in automation, cost improvements and retooling to support market trends.

Tariffs on imports, lower supplies and higher demand from drivers buying winter tires are combining to jack up costs.

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission plans to take over a significant portion of the South Charleston Technology Park in hopes of bringing jobs to the struggling business campus.

Wipro , India's third largest outsourcer, is expanding its development center in Atlanta from 350 to 1,000 staff, reflecting a growing trend for Indian outsourcers to expand and hire locally in the U.S. market.

The Dow Chemical Co. and the California Institute of Technology are embarking on multiyear solar energy research collaboration.

New York Representative Charles Rangel said House Democrats will move next month to renew dozens of tax breaks before they expire at yeara s end, including a research credit promoted by companies such as Dow Chemical Co.

November 19 - Raven Industries Inc. and SST Software Inc. announced that the companies would build on their strategic alliance, with Raven buying a minority ownership position in SST.

Goodyear said Friday the 2010 Toyota Prius now includes its fuel-efficient tire, Assurance Fuel Max, as standard equipment.

Demanding that Dow Chemicals pay for cleaning up the toxic contamination due to the Bhopal gas tragedy, more than 300 survivors of the disaster staged a protest outside the company's office in this Uttar Pradesh suburb of Delhi Thursday.

Industrial manufacturer Raven Industries Inc., based in Sioux Falls, S.D., posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by strength in its Aerostar segment, but said it remains cautious about the near term outlook for farm equipment.

The Dow Chemical Company announced today that it has published a new Company Databook: The Elements of Success.

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Indianaopilis And Wilmington, DEa ' Dow AgroSciences , a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company , and DuPont announced they have entered into a commercial cross-licensing agreement that will enable the two companies to deliver expanded herbicide-tolerant soybean options to farmers in the next decade.

A joint venture formed by the Dow Chemical Co. has purchased the remaining assets of lithium battery manufacturer Kokam America Inc., Dow said on Nov.

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NOVA Chemicals Corporation is a plastics manufacturing company in Canada. The company is principally engaged in manufacturing of plastics, polymers and chemicals.

Kokam America Inc. has been bought for an undisclosed amount by a joint venture formed earlier this year with The Dow Chemical Co.

It has been a turbulent year for Dow Chemical Co. . The new year saw the company's Kuwaiti partner pull out of a proposed joint venture, which in turn threw into doubt Dow's planned $16.3 billion purchase of Rohm and Haas Co.