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...needs petroleum as a feedstock, or raw material, for such products as polyvinyl chloride (for plastic pipe) and polyethylene terephthalate (for soda bottles). "You see the biggest impact across the board in plastics," says Morningstar analyst Sumit Desai. Back in 2003, hydrocarbon feedstocks and energy accounted for 36% of Dow Chemical's total costs. Last year they ate up 47% of total costs, yet the company still managed an earnings increase. But Dow reported this week that first-quarter net income fell 10% from a year ago, to $1.21 billion, despite a 3% growth in revenue, which hit $12 billion...
When contacted, Farivar—now a reporter for Dow Jones News Service—said that when he read The Times story, he too had wondered if Shaw had been referring to him. But he said that there “no way that [to] be sure” that Shaw had been talking about him, and that the former dean may in fact be “referring to another, more recent applicant.” He also said that “the comparison [between him and Rahmatullah] is a little...
...Singapore, Jakarta and Sydney set new records. And though stocks in Asia, in particular, are on fire, they are not alone. From Germany to Venezuela to South Africa, equity markets in both mature and emerging markets have moved up sharply this year?and show little sign of slowing. The Dow Jones World Stock Index, which excludes the U.S., has risen nearly 11% in 2006, easily topping gains in the U.S., where the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up a modest 2.2% since January...
...Financial markets, at least, have not been rattled despite the worsening political atmospherics. The Dow Jones index, the most-watched barometer of the U.S. stock market, neared a six-year high last week, and the dollar has been firm, despite the massive trade deficit which, in theory at least, is eventually supposed to drive the greenback's value down. Moreover, at a moment when the U.S. needs China's help in the U.N. Security Council to bring Iran's nuclear program to heel, U.S. President George W. Bush is plainly eager to finesse the trade issue as best...
...Graham Dow...