1. Specialty Profits Plunge in the First Quarter
- Author
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WALSH, KERRI
- Subjects
Cabot Microelectronics Corp. -- Finance ,Crompton and Knowles Corp. -- Finance ,Albermarle Corp. -- Finance ,W.R. Grace & Co. -- Finance ,Rohm and Haas Co. -- Finance ,Pesticides industry -- Finance ,Specialty chemicals industry -- Finance ,Herbicides -- Finance ,Conglomerate corporations ,Chemical industry -- Finance ,Specialty chemicals ,Chemicals ,Business ,Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries ,Company financing ,Finance - Abstract
FIRST-QUARTER EARNINGS AT MANY specialty chemical firms fell compared to the same period last year, due to high raw material and energy costs as well as unfavorable currency exchange rates. [...]
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- 2001