Table of Contents

Cover Story

Mideast: Petchem Downturn Looms on the Horizon

Newsbriefs

Top of the Week

BASF to Shutter or Scale Back 180 Plants as Demand Shrinks

Business & Finance News

United States/Americas

APLA: Latin American Firms Brace for 2009

Hexion's Loss Widens on Higher Costs

Group Details Chemical Threats and Solutions

U.S. Ethanol Projects Falter as Financial Crisis Takes Toll

McNeil and Sugar Group Settle Splenda Suit

Dow Executives Buy Shares

Europe/Mideast

Ineos Seeks Waivers from Banks

LyondellBasell to Cut Workforce by 15%

U.K. Industry Feels Deepening of Economic Slowdown

Somali Pirates Release Chemical Tanker

Asia/Pacific

Japanese Firms' First-Half Profits Fall

New Construction Projects

Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals

SAFC: The Age of the Blockbuster Drug is Over

GSK to Shut U.K. Manufacturing Plant by 2013

Merck Adds to Biotech Center

Specialty Chemicals

Cosmetics Demand Expected to Remain Healthy

Basic Chemicals & Plastics

End-Market Use Drives HPP Polymer Demand

PET Industry Hurt by Economic Downturn

CW Price Report

CW75

Chemical Stocks Retreat Again

Companies

Metabolix Goes Commercial

Departments

Viewpoint

Key Changes

Meetings

Features

Marketplace

GPCA Insight

Chemical Week - November 24, 2008 Index