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...Down at the harbour, among big-bellied riverboats with white-painted balconies like Mississippi steamers, stood the craft that would be my home during a five-day journey around and about the convergence...
...Customers who fume at overnight profiteering will tolerate slower shifts in price — and companies cannot afford to misprice products for ever....
...Its specialty is high-performance rubber used in construction, the automotive and tyre industries, and in the oil and gas sector....
...However, Globe Specialty Metals is a subsidiary of Ferroglobe, a UK-based company — its fight is as much with US rivals like Dow Corning (which imports silicon from Brazil and opposes the duties) and Mississippi...
...Shares in FTSE 250 specialty chemicals group Synthomer leapt to an all-time high on Friday morning, after the company said trading in the fourth quarter was better than expected....
...Last year it partnered with Saudi Aramco, the state-backed oil company, by selling half of its synthetic rubber business after the price of the commodity came under pressure....
...We’re a company that is always looking to expand.”...
...Lanxess, a specialty chemicals company listed on Germany’s 30-member Dax index, raised its 2016 earnings outlook after strong second quarter results....
...“It will be the permanent home of the Johnson library and periodicals [the Chicago publishing company that produced Ebony and Jet magazines]....
...New chief executive Matthias Zachert isn’t wasting any time reshaping Lanxess, the German specialty chemical company whose rubber business has been hit hard by overcapacity and some rather costly investment...
...Phillips Specialty Products Inc (PSPI) – a subsidiary of Phillips 66, itself a spin-off from ConocoPhillips – will cost Berkshire Hathaway slightly less than $1bn, but Mr Buffett is not paying in cash....
...The specialty elastomers facility in Al-Jubail, which will produce 400,000 tonnes of rubber a year, will be completed by 2015....
...Lanxess’ elevation this week to Germany’s bluechip Dax index caps a remarkable turnround for the specialty chemical maker....
...The maxim of businesses making rubber gloves is now an adage to be attached to the company’s shares following its surprise profits warning....
...By Guy Norton of bne Shoemaker Borovo was once the second largest company in Yugoslavia, employing 23,000 people, producing 23m pairs of shoes, 580,000 tyres and 12,500 tonnes of rubber goods a year, all...
...To be sure, the move to buy Solutia, which makes among other things – rubber adhesive for car tyres and coatings for glass panels used in replacement auto windshields and buildings – is not without its logic...
...But the diversity of the company’s end markets – ranging from medical rubber gloves to carpet-backing – should give the company cause to be optimistic about the future....
...Some fishermen were reluctant to enter the Mount Sinai church in their “Delta Reeboks”, the cut-off white rubber boots favoured by shrimpers. “Jesus wore sandals,” said the presiding minister....
...The greatest excitement is focused on the city’s famous Mississippi riverfront....
...The Port of New Orleans’ biggest competitive advantage is the Mississippi river, which, along with its tributaries, runs for 15,000 miles through the US....
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