Table of Contents

Cover Stories

Rhodia: Re-Energized and Ready for The Next Phase

Industrial Biotech: Eyeing Price and Performance

Newsbriefs

Top of The Week

Basic, Diversified Firms Post Mixed Earnings

Wal-Mart Modifies Preferred Chemical Program

Business & Finance News

United States/Americas

Railroads' Common Carrier Obligation 'Not Absolute'

Senate Panel Examines EPA Chemical Policy

Increased Sales Boost Most Specialty Chemical Profits

Most Oil Firms' Chemical Earnings Slide

BASF Invests $20 Million in Harvard R&D Venture

R&H Adds Surcharge to Specialty Materials Unit

Europe/Mideast

Focus on Iran: Petchems Get a Boost

Clariant and Ciba First-Quarter Earnings Fall

Asia/Pacific

Qatar Firm to Build Petchem Complex

UOP Selected for Aromatics Project in India

New Construction Projects

Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals

New Proposal Would Increase FDA Authority

American Peptide Launches Service Offering

Lonza and Biotech Firm Settle Legal Dispute

Specialty Chemicals

'Green' Blooms in Personal Care Sector

Basic Chemicals & Plastics

Ineos Curtails PE, PP at Strike-Hit U.K. Site

HCl Supply to be Consumed Close to Production

Product Focus: Benzene

CW Price Report

CW75

Chemical Stocks Fall on Consumer Spending Dive

Departments

Viewpoint

New Jersey

Key Changes

Leading Indicator:

Economy Stagnates

View on Security: Keeping Sensitive Data Under Wraps

Features

Directory: Suppliers Day

Marketplace

Chemical Week - May 5, 2008 Index