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

Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company , announced today that Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved Enlist Duo herbicide with Colex-D Technology for use in Canada.

The U.S. Energy Department conditionally approved the Freeport LNG project in Texas to export natural gas to countries that don't have free-trade agreements with the U.S. The development, which is partly owned by ConocoPhillips , Dow Chemical Co.

Dow Chemical will appeal a judgment handed down this week ordering the Midland-based company pay $1.2 billion to plaintiffs in an antitrust case involving price-fixing of chemicals used to make polyurethane foam, according to a company spokesperson.

OPX Biotechnologies, Inc. and Evonik Industries AG have entered into an agreement jointly to develop certain bio-based specialty chemicals.

The Dow Chemical Co. , and RS Technik, a Switzerland-based global leader in trenchless technology, established a global marketing alliance to promote a unique solution for large potable water lines by setting a new standard in the renewal of pressure pipes.

A federal judge has ordered Midland, Mich.-based Dow Chemical Co. to pay $1.21 billion in damages after it lost a class-action lawsuit that accused it of conspiring to fix prices.

As earnings season draws to an unofficial close, market watchers still have plenty of news to digest, in the form of economic reports.

A federal judge in Kansas City, Kansas, ordered Dow Chemical Co on Wednesday to pay $1.2 billion in a price-fixing case involving chemicals used to make foam products in cars, furniture and packaging, according to court documents.

The Dow Chemical Company , and RS Technik, a Switzerland-based global leader in trenchless technology, established a global marketing alliance to promote a unique solution for large potable water lines by setting a new standard in the renewal of pressure pipes.

It's not often you see a court judgment with three commas. U.S. Distric Judge John Lungstrum on Wednesday ordered Dow Chemical Co.

On the sideline of the Fifth Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association Supply Chain Conference, EQUATE President & CEO Mohammad Husain said, "These exports have included over 30 million metric tons of petrochemicals during 2012, while they were only 10 million MT in 1999 which is an increase of over 250% in just 13 years with an average annual ... (more)

Kuwaiti MPs debate during a parliament session at Kuwait's national assembly in Kuwait City on February 6, 2013.

The debate that's raging in Washington over the export of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, has two very distinct sides, and it appears that President Obama is coming down clearly on one of them.

The energy policy topic of the week is whether to export more of America's newly abundant natural gas.

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Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to the Middle East's rapidly growing solar industry, The Dow Chemical Company will showcase its innovative range of solutions for the Concentrated Solar Power industry at the CSP MENASOL 2013 5th North Africa & Middle East Solar Conference & Expo.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct environmental assessments of new corn, soybean and cotton seeds genetically engineered to withstand herbicides, further delaying the possible launch of products from Monsanto Co.

KUWAIT CITY, May 9: The Health and Social Affairs Committee of the National Assembly Thursday approved 15 amendments and five additions to the Cooperative Societies Law, most prominent of which is an increase in the age of candidates from 21 to 30 years and the stipulation of one-man one-vote elections.