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Reports on the increase in industrial chemicals earnings during the second quarter of 2000 as basic chemical makers were able to increase prices to compensate for higher oil and natural gas feedstock costs. Percent increase in earnings; Sales for the quarter; Earnings per share of the companies; Percent increase in the earnings and sales of Dow Chemical.

Provides information on the financial performance of several chemical companies for the first quarter of 2000. Industrial chemical companies with big net income increases; Specialty chemicals companies that had strong first quarter earnings; Fertilizer companies with weak profits.

Looks at the performance of the chemical companies in 1999. Decline in the earnings posted by the companies; Increase of sales; How the recovery of the Asian countries from economic crisis helped the industry; Profits posted by several companies.

Offers a look at the fourth-quarter earnings of several chemical companies in the United States for 1999. Dow Chemical; PPG Industries; M.A. Hanna; Chemdex.

Presents a chart showing the 1998 decline of United States industrial and specialty chemicals firms' profits, investment returns and share values. Dupont; AlliedSignal; Morton International; Life Technologies.

Presents the financial performance rankings of chemical companies worldwide for 1998. DuPont; Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik AG; Unilever; Procter & Gamble.

Provides information on the financial data compiled by S&P Compustat regarding the status of the chemical industry in the first quarter of 1999. Estimated earning per shares of DuPont, PPG Industries, Union Carbide and Eastman; After-tax margin of various chemical companies; Percent decline in net income of industrial chemical firms; Net income and profit margins of diversified firms and specialty chemical makers.

Presents information on the industrial and specialty chemicals profits, investment returns and share values in the United States in 1998. Industrial chemicals earnings; Rate of return on invested capital; Debt-to-equity ratio; Specialty chemicals earnings; Fertilizer earnings; Earnings of diversified firms.

Presents information on the earnings posted by chemical companies during the fourth quarter of 1998. Union Carbide; Olin; Dow Chemical; Impact of the Asian economic crisis on the industry.

Discusses the third quarter earnings of the chemical industry in the United States in 1998. Earnings of specialty makers; Drop in the earnings of industrial chemical sector; Status of earnings in diversified chemicals.

Reports on the 1998 fourth-quarter profits in the chemical industry. List of companies which issued warning that earnings would not meet expectations; Causes of the decline in profits; Profit increases reported by Geon company.

Presents the profits posted by several fertilizer producers and specialty chemicals companies in North America for the fourth quarter of 2000. Agrium company; Terra Industries company; Engelhard company; IMC Global company.

Reports on the fourth-quarter earnings of several industrial gases firms in the United States in 2000. Air Products and Chemicals; Praxair; Cytec Industries.

Reports on the earnings posted by United States chemical companies for the year 2000. Percentage of increase in the profits of GE Plastics; Expected earnings of Valspar for its fiscal first quarter ending January 26, 2001; Factors which affected the financial performance of the industry.

Provides information on the financial performance of the Schulman company. Failure of the company to meet its target earnings in 2000; Factors which contributed to the decline in earnings; Plan of the company to shut down some of its manufacturing lines.

Describes the performance of the Airgas company in the third quarter ending December 31, 2000. Forecast on low earnings; Causes of the company's inability to hit its earnings target; Optimism of the company regarding fourth quarter results; Cost reduction plan of the company.

Reports on the rebound of the stocks of the United States chemical industry despite profit warnings for the fourth quarter of 2000. Companies with increased stock prices including Rohm & Haas company; Factors responsible for rebound of stocks.

Reports the decline in the fourth-quarter earnings of chemical company Rohm and Haas for the year 2000. Reasons cited for the decline; Estimated earnings per share.

Elaborates on the impact of the slowing demand for end-use markets on the earnings of companies in the chemical industry. Reasons cited for the performance of end-use markets; Companies with reduced earnings forecasts; Assessment of market analysts.

Reports that Sherwin-Williams company has lowered its 2000 earnings estimate. Reason for lowering earnings projections; Details on the company's profits.

Discusses the plan of FMC company to spin off its machinery business through an initial public offering by the second quarter of 2001. Components of the company's machinery business; Corporate earnings of FMC for the third quarter of 2000; Increase in the earnings of the company's chemical business.

Focuses on the earnings of several chemical companies in the United States for the third quarter of 2000. Factors that affected profits; Drop in the profits of several companies; Companies that announced losses; Reason for the increase in the profits of Lyondell Chemical company; Profits of Agrium company.

Focuses on the chemicals earnings of oil companies in the United States for the third quarter of 2000. Reasons for the drop in the earnings of Phillips Petroleum company; Increase in profits of Chevron company; Details on the profits of Ashland company.

Focuses on the earnings of DuPont company for the third quarter of 2000. Factors that might affect the earnings for 2001; Decline in after-tax operating income; Drop in stock prices.

Focuses on the earnings of specialty chemical companies in the United States for the third quarter of 2000. Growth of profits; Concerns of analysts on the ability of companies to meet their fourth-quarter forecasts; Companies with possibility of having lower fourth-quarter projections.

Reports on the specialty chemical companies that achieved profit increase in the third quarter of 2000.

Reports on the profits achieved by some chemical companies in the third quarter of 2000. Why Union Carbide will not meet profit estimates in the quarter; Companies whose income increased; PPG Industries' earnings.

Reports that Georgia Gulf and Borden Chemicals and Plastics have warned that their 2000 third-quarter earnings will not meet forecasts. Role of weak vinyl prices and high energy and raw materials costs in the earnings warning; Other chemical makers that have decreased their third-quarter 2000 earnings expectations; Forecast by Georgia Gulf on its earnings per share in the quarter; Projection of Border on its losses for the quarter.

Reports on the chemical companies that have lowered their third-quarter or full-year earnings estimates in 2000 due to rising feedstock and energy costs. Specialty chemical companies that have reported earnings for their fiscal third quarters as of September 27, 2000; Reason for the decline in the third-quarter profit estimates of Cambrex; Expected full-year 2000 earnings of Cambrex.

Unveils the corporate earnings and sales posted by several specialty chemical producers for the second quarter of 2000.

Focuses on the corporate earnings posted by several chemical companies for the second quarter of 2000.

Offers a look at the financial performance of specialty chemicals makers in the United States for the second quarter of 2000. Impact of the high raw materials and energy costs on the financial performance of the companies; Details on the companies with low profits; Failure of M.A. Hanna company to meet their expected profits.

Reports on the earnings of Dow Chemical and DuPont companies for the second quarter of 2000. Ability of both companies to meet the expectations of analysts; Shares of stocks of both companies; Factors responsible for the growth in the earnings of the companies.

Offers a look at the overall profits and revenues of United States oil companies for the second quarter of 2000. Factors responsible for the surge in the profits of some companies; Details on the weak profits of Ashland and Chevron companies; Factors which affected the financial performance of the companies.

Forecasts on the lower net earnings for 2000 of Rohm and Haas company. Percentage of the decline; Factors which contributed to the performance of the company; Price increase announcement made by the company for its polymer products.

States that chemicals companies in the United States posted higher 2000 second-quarter earnings. Factors which contributed to the increase; Comparison of the earning posted with that of the forecast; Comparative performance of top companies.

Warns that M.A. Hanna's second quarter earnings for year 2000 will not meet analysts' forecasts due to raw materials costs pressures. Earnings per share expected for the quarter; Remarks from Philip D. Ashkettle, Hanna's chairman and chief executive officer; Information on Hanna's pending merger with Geon.

Deals with the decline on the net earnings expected by Hercules company for the second quarter of 2000. Factors for the decrease.

Reports the strong net earnings posted by several specialty chemical manufacturers for the second quarter of 2000. Details on the corporate profit reported by the firms; Market status of the industry.

Reports the decline in the corporate profits of Omnova Solutions in second-quarter 2000. Reason for the decline; Overall second-quarter performance of Omnova.

Forecasts a decline in the corporate profits of Solutia for second-quarter 2000. Reasons for the decline; Projected income of Solutia by First Call; Indication of the company's second-quarter income.

Focuses on the increase in the earnings of chemical companies in the United States for the first quarter of 2000. Reasons for the increase; Companies expecting double-digit earnings growth for the second quarter; Products expected to increase prices through the end of 2000.

Looks at the earnings posted by basic chemical producers for the first-quarter of 2000. Earnings of Union Carbide; Decrease in the earnings of companies which filed their performance late.

Reports the 2000 first quarter profits of Rohm and Haas and 3M Shares and the decline in shares of the companies. Increase in earnings of Rohm & Haas; Decline of the operating profit of Rohm & Haas; Business of 3M Shares that reported increase in earnings.

Reports the increase in profits of specialty chemical companies for first quarter of 2000. Companies that reported high profits; Decline in the overall profit of BFGoodrich.

Reports the increase in earnings of oil companies for the first quarter of 2000. Factors that help boost the earnings of the companies; Operating earnings increase of Chevron.

Reports the decline in stocks of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. despite an increase in earnings. Overall profit of the company; Business division of the company that has low profit.

Reports the increase in the first-quarter earnings of Dow Chemical, Union Carbide, Millennium Chemicals, Nova Chemicals, Wellman, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan and Terra Nitrogen. Earnings growth to be achieved by Dow; Factors that helped the performance of Dow; Profit reported by Union Carbide; Growth in earnings of Nova Chemical.

Looks at the performance of the specialty chemical companies in the first quarter of 2000. Companies which posted gains; Companies which incurred losses; Factors that affected the industry's performance.

Focuses on the earnings of Geon company for the first quarter of 2000. Projections of analysts on the earnings of the company; Why the analysts lowered their projections for the company; Decision of Geon to postponed a bond issue.