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...At Blake’s recent solo show at Waddington Custot gallery, a collage entitled In Homage to Kurt Schwitters 2 (2008) featured a matchbox by Bryant & May....
...: Chris Bryant writes that M&A can often prove to be horribly expensive, with little certainty that it will work....
...“We have for second quarter in the row in chemicals no growth worth mentioning . . . that is not a gratifying development,” Kurt Bock, chief executive said on a conference call....
...Major markets like Brazil are in a recession or face lower growth rates, such as China,” explained Kurt Bock, chief executive....
...“There is no stimulation from cheap money to invest more,” says Kurt Bock, chief executive of BASF, the German chemical group....
...But Kurt Bock, BASF chief executive, said last month: “We do feel comfortable; we don’t see any reason to go back to the drawing board . . . Yes, it does makes sense to have assets in Russia.”...
...In spite of the crisis over Ukraine, BASF’s chief executive Kurt Bock had assured journalists this month that the deal was on track to close by the end of the year....
...“The reasons for this weak global economic development are obvious – reduced growth dynamics of emerging markets and a delayed recovery in the European economy,” said Kurt Bock, BASF’s chief executive....
...“I think the biggest threat right now is really a kind of overconfidence in Germany, and with that comes a little bit of complacency,” said Kurt Bock, the chief executive of BASF, the world’s biggest chemical...
...But chief executive Kurt Bock says Germany’s relative share of BASF’s total investment is set to decline, in part because of comparatively lower growth expectations in Europe, but also as investment conditions...
...Kurt Bock, chief executive of BASF, the chemical company, urged Germany to make retirement rules less rigid....
...“The production of propylene would allow us to take advantage of low gas prices due to shale gas production, considerably improve our cost position and improve our backward integration in the US,” said Kurt...
...We have relatively high wage costs and we have a stagnating market,” said Kurt Bock, BASF chief executive....
...“The economic environment is and remains volatile,” Kurt Bock, chief executive, said....
...Kurt Bock, chief executive, said the company did not expect an upturn in the global economy during the fourth quarter....
...Kurt Bock, chief executive of Germany’s BASF, believes the world’s biggest chemical maker by sales will remain competitive in spite of shale developments as it has largely exited ethylene-based chemicals...
...This has been a topic for many years and hasn’t fundamentally changed through the current discussion,” says Kurt Bock, chief executive of chemical maker BASF....
...“The economic environment is and remains volatile,” Kurt Bock, chief executive of BASF, the world’s biggest chemicals maker by sales, said last month....
...Kurt Bock, chief executive of chemical maker BASF, mused that “abroad, people are observing this German experiment with wide eyes and partly with a little Schadenfreude”....
...Kurt Bock, the chief executive of BASF, the German chemical, oil and gas company, warned in February that fracking should not be allowed “to become the next subject of angst” in Germany....
...“We must ensure that [fracking] doesn’t become the next subject of angst,” said Kurt Bock, BASF’s chief executive....
...“Industry needs electricity and energy at competitive prices in order to produce top-quality products in Germany for the global market,” warns Kurt Bock, chief executive of BASF, the world’s biggest chemicals...
...Kurt Bock, chief executive of BASF, says that “abroad, people are observing this German experiment with wide eyes and partly with a little Schadenfreude . . ....
...“In the past quarter, the outlook for the world economy has once again not improved and the uncertainty on the international capital markets continues,” Kurt Bock, chief executive, said....
...The deal represents the first major purchase for Kurt Bock, who took over as chief executive in May 2011....
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