Chemical Prices Help DuPont Reverse Loss
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DuPont Co.  posted a third-quarter profit, reversing a year-ago loss, as higher chemical prices offset surging energy costs, the second-largest U.S. chemicals maker said on Tuesday.
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By John Norton, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 28--Lessons learned from cost overruns at other chemical weapons sites could help hold down the price of work at the Pueblo Chemical Depot.
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DuPont Co. DD.N, the No. 2 U.S.  chemical maker, said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit fell  from a year ago when it posted a large tax gain, but it  forecast earnings growth in 2005.
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DuPont has its third consecutive quarter of higher revenue and earnings.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.  â The nationâs largest chemical company, Dow Chemical, said on Tuesday that its fourth-quarter earnings fell 52 percent because of an overhaul effort and a $1.7 billion jump in spending on materials and energy.
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European stock markets reversed early losses on Tuesday after reassuring comment from Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB).
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U.S. chemical major DuPont Co said on Tuesday that fourth-quarter earnings rose before special items, helped by increased profits from its performance materials business and strong agricultural sales in Brazil.
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WILMINGTON, Del. -- Chemicals maker DuPont Co. on Monday said it will cut 1,500 jobs and consolidate manufacturing in its seeds unit in a move to lower operating costs by $100 million a year.
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Its sale of a chemotherapy drug indicates it could recoup what it paid for its ESP assets.
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By Alejandro Bodipo-Memba, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 26--Speculation over the possible sale of Dow Chemical Co. to a group of private equity investors for as much as $54 billion sent the company's stock up 6% close to noon Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- When DuPont &amp; Co. disclosed plans last week to scale back its traditional pension, it became the third large employer to cut back on retirement benefits since Congress passed the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
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DuPont Co. reported a third-quarter profit Tuesday, saying higher sales volumes and local selling prices offset a sharp increase in the cost of energy and raw materials.
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The DuPont Co. agreed to a settlement potentially worth more than $340 million Thursday to resolve allegations the chemical giant contaminated drinking water in West Virginia
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Auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. (DPH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday posted a smaller quarterly loss as lower restructuring charges offset the effects of North American
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It feels great when a stock finally goes back above your cost basis. It can also teach a valuable lesson.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices rallied on  Thursday, more than undoing losses posted earlier this week as  a survey of Chicago-area manufacturing pointed to a slowdown in  hiring.
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The DuPont Co. has agreed to pay up to $340 million to settle a lawsuit that it contaminated water supplies in West Virginia and Ohio with a chemical used to make Teflon, one of its best-known brands.