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		<title>(DOW) Dow Chemicals Dropping Basic Chemicals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) recently agreed to sell its hollow sphere plastic pigment product line to Fairlawn, Ohio-based specialty chemicals maker Omnova Solutions Inc. Hollow plastic pigments are used by the paper and paperboard industry. Dow also plans to close two production units at a Texas as part of its restructuring initiatives. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2009. Volatile crude oil prices have significantly affected the basic chemicals market, forcing the second-largest chemical manufacturer in the world to divest its styrene monomer and ethylbenzene production at Freeport, Texas. This sale will reduce Dow’s exposure to a capital-intensive Basic portfolio. About 60 employees will be affected. Midland, Michigan-based Dow Chemical aims to shift focus to specialty chemicals that are used in cosmetics and food additives, ]]></description>
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		<title>(DOW) Dow Chemical Sells Refinery in Netherlands</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) completed the sale of its Netherlands-based crude oil refinery to Paris-based Total SA (TOT), one of the six major global oil companies, for about $800 million. The refinery is a key supplier of refined products Incorporatedluding diesel, to the European market. The move is in line with Dow’s strategy of divesting non-core assets. The deal received regulatory approval last month. The Midlands, Michigan-based chemical company stated that the divestiture will increase its financial flexibility, improve cash flow and will help pay down debt. The company plans to use the proceeds from the deal to pay down debt, which was raised for the Rohm and Haas acquisition. The Rohm and Haas acquisition increased Dow’s net debt from $8 billion to $22 billion in the first half of ]]></description>
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		<title>(DOW) How to Supersize Your Profit Potential From 60% to 190%</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Karim Rahemtulla, Advisory Panelist Investing in options means speculating, right? A hit-and-miss approach to the market? Sadly, that’s what some options naysayers would like you to believe – and if you do, let me set the record straight… Investing in anything carries a certain amount of speculation – be it stocks, options, coins, fine art, or any number of other things. Over the past decade, for example, we’ve seen that even investing in some so-called “safe” blue-chip stocks has proved to be a speculative bet. In fact, it’s carried greater financial risk than investing in LEAP options could ever pose. Over the past year alone, if you had a portfolio of LEAP options in lieu of a stock portfolio, you’d have come out way ahead of the game. The ]]></description>
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		<title>(VLO) Valero Energy Corporation Still Struggles</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/27/vlo-valero-energy-corporation-still-struggles/13715</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The largest oil refiner in the U.S., Valero Energy Corporation (VLO), is deferring its search for overseas acquisitions following the decline of an acquisition stake in a Netherlands refinery. The company had sought acquisition of Dow Chemical’s (DOW) 45% interest in the TRN refinery for an enterprise value of approximately $725 million. But the refinery’s major stake holder, Total SA (TOT), turned down Valero’s offer by exercising its right of first refusal. Valero wanted to confine the European diesel market by capturing this acquisition opportunity. On the other hand, yesterday, the company closed one of its refineries in San Nicolas, Aruba, indefinitely. Despite the refinery’s capability of processing low-cost heavy sour crude oil, it was suffering from low product margins. These factors point to our weak outlook for near-term refinery ]]></description>
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		<title>(GE) Income Investors: Dump GE; Buy This Safer Income Investment Instead</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/02/01/ge-income-investors-dump-ge-buy-this-safer-income-investment-instead/2459</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Louis Basenese, Advisory Panelist, Investment U Senior Analyst, The Oxford Club We’ve endured three consecutive weeks of losses for the S&#38;P 500 (.INX). Never fun. But if you’re an income investor, ala Charles Dickens, the worst of times is creating the best of times… Dividend yields now rest close to 15-year highs. Plus, the premiums from writing covered calls (the only safe options strategy) are significantly higher thanks to the extreme market volatility. As far as I’m concerned, that’s an attractive one-two income-earning punch we shouldn’t ignore. So how do we play it? Not with the usual suspects… Income Investors: GE Is A Dog at Any Price There’s something about an adolescent stock price on General Electric (NYSE: GE) that turns most income investors rabid. Much like they were ]]></description>
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