Hot News – The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) , PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) , MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) , Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT)

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) Community Advisory Panel has increased contributions to its grant program. This year, Dow upped the program funding to $30,000, doubling its previous total. In 2013, six winners were awarded funding. The yearly competitive grant, which began in 2006, helps fund “sustainable community service projects” in East County. Each award ranges…

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Active Watch List – Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) , Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) , The Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) , Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE)

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR), Brazil’s state-controlled oil producer, rose to the highest in more than seven months after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. recommended the stock as its top energy pick in Latin America. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) stock performance was -0.25% in last session and finished the day at $15.84. Traded…

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Basic material Most Active; Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW)

Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) share price managed to hold on to its valuations from 4th June, during trading on 5th June as investors came to terms with the continued headwinds that company is facing in its Brazilian operations due to the deteriorating operating environment. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) stock performance was…

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Basic Material Active Stocks: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK)

Chemical makers Bayer AG (BAYN), Syngenta AG (SYNN) and Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) say neonicotinoids aren’t to blame for the bee deaths and have stepped up their own lobbying to counter calls for a ban as well as legislation now in Congress. Eliminating the products will do little for bees and force farmers and gardeners…

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Chemical Major Diversified: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), Praxair (NYSE:PX), Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE:APD), Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO)

U.S. chemical kingpin The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) joint venture chlor-alkali facility with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. of Japan has successfully commenced full-scale, commercial production. The facility, based in Freeport, TX, has been set up to produce chlorine and caustic soda used as feedstock in a number of industrial and chemical processes and products. The…

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Chemical Major Diversified: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN), Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO), FMC Corp (NYSE:FMC)

The Dow Chemical Co. is continuing its more than 30-year partnership with Habitat for Humanity, with 1,500 employees expected to log 10,000 volunteer hours in the Great Lakes Bay Region and around the world this year. The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) stock performance was -0.47% in last session and finished the day at $49.03. Traded…

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