Table of Contents

Cover Story

Distribution: An Uncertain Road Ahead

Newsbriefs

Top of the Week

Mitsubishi Rayon Buys Lucite

Dow Names Heads for Rohm and Haas Division

Business & Finance News

United States/Americas

GM: Cash Crunch May Affect Supplier Payments

DHS Sets Rail Security Standards

Henkel to Sell its Ecolab Shares

Late Reporting U.S. Firms Post Mixed Results

DuPont Says Invista Poached Nylon Resin Secrets

Huntsman, Hexion in Talks to Lower Merger Price?

Resin Prices Plummet on Weak Economy

Europe/Mideast

Arkema Beefs Up Chemicals; Eyes Acquisition

BASF to Exit French JV; Guarded on Russia

Asia/Pacific

Reliance Idles Polyester Fiber, Petchem Units

Bayer Opens Systems House in China

Specialty Chemicals

Water Treatment: Demand to Rise

New Construction Projects

Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals

FDA Seizes Contaminated Heparin

Daiichi Closes Ranbaxy Deal for $4.15 Billion

Basic Chemicals & Plastics

MEG Demand Growth Slows in China

Mideast Capacity Squeezes Demand

Product Focus

Polyethylene terephthalate

CW Price Report

CW75

Chemical Stocks Fall

Departments

Viewpoint

Key Changes

Leading Indicator

Activity Slows

Features

Marketplace

Chemical Week - November 17, 2008 Index