Dow Chemical Told to Curtail Pesticide Sales
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The controversial pesticide is used to protect new homes from termites. The move by the chemical company ends speculation that the administration might extend a phaseout deadline the two parties negotiated four years ago.
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By Randall Chase  DOVER, Del. - One year after accepting a government challenge to work toward eliminating the use of a potentially dangerous chemical used to make Teflon and other products, the DuPont Co. said Monday it plans to stop using the chemical by 2015.
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By Alejandro Bodipo-Memba, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 15--Dow Chemical Co. announced a quarterly dividend of 37.5 cents a share, payable April 30, 2007 to shareholders of record on March 30, 2007.   It is the 382nd consecutive cash dividend issued by the Midland-based chemical company.
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Monsanto Co. MON.N on Wednesday said  the U.S. Justice Department has closed an inquiry into  potential antitrust issues regarding a key ingredient used in  its Roundup herbicide.
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The Bush administration announced new rules Thursday to allow U.S. farmers who grow tomatoes, strawberries and other crops to continue using methyl bromide, an ozone-depleting pesticide that had been scheduled to be phased out worldwide next year.
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WASHINGTON - Federal regulators proposed yesterday to loosen restrictions on executives&#39; comments in the weeks before their company goes public in a stock sale.
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GlaxoSmithKline warns it will cut jobs and close some factories as part of a cost-cutting plan.
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Agricultural chemicals maker Monsanto Co. (MON.N: Quote, Profile, Research) posted a quarterly net loss on Wednesday as a drop in Roundup herbicide sales in the
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BIG-NAME retailers in the US want to stop the Bush administration from curbing the import of popular Chinese-made apparel and textiles.
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Monsanto Co. (MON.N) on Wednesday said the U.S. Justice Department has closed an inquiry into potential antitrust issues regarding a key ingredient used in its Roundup herbicide.
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Dow Chemical Co.'s DOW.N  third-quarter profit surged 86 percent on increased plastics  sales, but demand remains vulnerable to soaring energy costs,  the No. 1 U.S. chemicals maker said on Thursday.
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Dow Chemical Co. DOW.N on Thursday   said it will shut down some plants in Canada and Italy to   enhance efficiency and cut costs.
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Science & environment: DIY chain to stop selling environmentally damaging heaters once current stock is sold off
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Lawmakers on Thursday moved to block the Food and Drug Administration from closing more than half its field laboratories, acting out of concern the plan could weaken the safety of the nation's food supply.
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NEW YORK  - Claims for the cancer-preventing potential of tomatoes and lycopene should be sharply limited, the US Food and Drug Administration has concluded.
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The move is expected to dampen prospects for companies that have focused on taking advantage of the Chinese market.
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WASHINGTON -- Under a far-reaching policy change to be announced today, all staff scientists at the National Institutes of Health will be banned from accepting consulting fees or other income from drug companies, and the employees also must divest industry stock holdings.