Table of Contents

Cover Story

Financial Services:

Market Woes Hurt M&A

Newsbriefs

Top of The Week

Dow Aims to Become More Like an Entrepreneur

P&G Seeks More Collaboration With Industries

Business & Finance News

United States/Americas

ExxonMobil's Investments to Focus on Asia, Mideast

Chemtura Acquires Full Ownership of Baxenden

Huntsman CEO to Chair Board of Hexion-Huntsman

LyondellBasell Completes Solvay Polymers Purchase

DSM Sells Special Products Unit to Arsenal Capital

Albemarle Doubles Polymer Antioxidants in China

Oxiteno Boosts Surfactants Capacity in Brazil

Nufarm Bags Two Chemical Makers

Dow Shuts Co-PBR Assets in France; Sells a Texas Plant

Europe/Mideast

Bayer Reports Best Year Yet; Idles PC Capacity

Arkema on Track to Meet Financial Targets

Asia/Pacific

DSM Invests in Biodegradable Plastics Plant in China

Acheson, Asahi Kasei Invest in Japan Battery Market

New Construction Projects

Investments

Singapore Eyes More Cracker Projects

Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals

DCAT:

Focus on Purchasing and Quality

Cambrex Faces Fine for 2007 Fire in Lowa

Robinson Brothers to Buy U.K. Specialties Maker

Specialty Chemicals

Flavors Market to Rise on Slight Demand

Digest:

P&G Starts up Fragrance Facility in Singapore

Sartomer Opens Oligomers Plant in China

Basic Chemicals &Plastics

Halobutyl is 'Strategic Product' for Lanxess

Record Demand Will Not Stave off EG Surplus

Huntsman Boosts Global PU and MDI Prices

Product Focus:

Butadiene

CW Price Report

Regulatory

Small Business Agency Favors Industry Rule Change Goals

ACC Request Leads to Ouster of Toxicologist From EPA Panel

Railroads Push for Industry to Adopt Safer Technologies

CW75

Chemical Stocks Fall on a Weak U.S. Economy

Departments

Viewpoint

Key Changes:

Dow Names Three Executive VP's

Features

Marketplace

Chemical Week - March 10, 2008 Index