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Huntsman to purchase Indian chemicals business

Huntsman Corp. said Saturday it has agreed to acquire the chemicals business of India's Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd.The business has annual sales of about $45 million. Huntsman expects the acquisition to be completed in the first half of 2011 but did not disclose financial terms.Huntsman, which...

Recalls this week: baby recliners, gloves, mowers

Recliners designed to help fussy babies sleep top this week's list of recalls. Babies can be at risk of being trapped or suffocating if they're left in a recliner placed in a crib, rather than on the floor. Federal officials are investigating a report of a 4-month-old girl from Michigan who died in...

Earnings schedule for week of Aug. 2

Major companies tentatively scheduled to report quarterly earnings next week:MondayLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Humana Inc. releases financial results.TuesdayTHE WOODLANDS, Texas — Anadarko Petroleum Corp. releases financial results.DECATUR, Ill. — Archer Daniels Midland Co. releases financial results.NEW...

Earnings Preview: Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble Co., the world's largest consumer products maker, reports fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday before the market opens.WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Whether the company's sales momentum continues from a combination of price cuts, cheaper versions of top brands, new premium products and...

Factbox: Obama's Detroit visit underpins green vision

DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Detroit on Friday is meant to highlight progress at General Motors Co and Chrysler since their government-sponsored bankruptcies, and his administration's vision for a greener economy.

Recovery loses speed as consumers turn cautious

The recovery lost momentum in the second quarter as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment.Weaker spending by consumers, less growth coming from companies restocking shrunken stockpiles and a bigger drag from the...

Norton One Click Support Receives TSIA STAR Award for Best Practices in Embedded Product Support

Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced that Norton One Click Support has been named the winner of the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) STAR Awards for Best Practices for Best Embedded Product Support. Symantec was also inducted to the STAR Awards Hall of Fame for...

New Executives Bring More Than 40 Years of Combined Experience in Mobile, Automotive and Internet Search Technologies

TeleNav (NASDAQ: TNAV), one of the largest global wireless location-based services providers, today announced two additions to its senior executive team, naming Dariusz Paczuski as vice president of marketing and Tom Erdman as vice president of enterprise solutions. Paczuski and Erdman...

Economic growth likely slowed in second quarter

The already fragile economic recovery may be getting weaker.Economists expect the government to report Friday that economic growth slowed in the April-to-June quarter as consumers bought less, builders pulled back further, and cash-hungry state and local governments cut spending.Wall Street...

Jury orders Calgon Carbon to pay $12M in lawsuit

Calgon Carbon Corp. said Thursday that a federal jury in Pennsylvania has ordered it to pay $12 million to coal technology company ADA-ES Inc.The judgment stems from a lawsuit over a contract awarded to Calgon Carbon in 2008 to supply products to the electric power industry.Calgon Carbon, which...

Senate Panel Approves CFATS Extension

Jul 30 | News

Lawmakers voted unanimously to approve an amendment from Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) to the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009.

U.S. Expert: China Oil Spill Bigger than Exxon Valdez

Jul 30 | News

China's worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported — bigger than the famous Exxon Valdez spill two decades ago.

Corning Finds Use for Gorilla Glass

Jul 30 | News

Gorilla glass was invented in 1962 and is two to three times stronger than chemically strengthened versions of ordinary soda-lime glass.

BP: Time to 'Scaleback' Cleanup

BP: Time to 'Scaleback' Cleanup

Jul 30 | News

BP's incoming CEO Bob Dudley said it's "not too soon for a scaleback" in the cleanup.

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Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act (and CFATS) by Luke Simpson

Dec 17 2009

Chemical and water facilities are high on the current administration's list of security priorities, with the Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Act of 2009 under review by lawmakers. The bill would broaden federal juristiction over facility secutiry, and would also make inherently safer

High Efficacy of {beta}-Blockers in Long-QT Syndrome Type 1. Contribution of Noncompliance and QT-Prolonging Drugs to the Occurrence of {beta}-Blocker Treatment "Failures"

Jul 27

Background--{beta}-Blocker efficacy in long-QT syndrome type 1 is good but variably reported, and the causes of cardiac events despite {beta}-blocker therapy have not been ascertained.Methods and Results--This was a retrospective study of the details surrounding cardiac events...

Investigation of the intestinal permeability and first-pass metabolism of drugs in cynomolgus monkeys using single-pass intestinal perfusion.

Jul 10

To clarify the causes of low oral bioavailability (BA) of drugs in cynomolgus monkeys, the experimental method to evaluate the drug permeability and the metabolism in the intestine of cynomolgus monkeys was established. An in situ intestinal perfusion method was performed with...

Effect of caffeine complexation on the photolysis of riboflavin in aqueous solution: a kinetic study.

Mar 24

The effect of caffeine complexation with riboflavin on the kinetics of riboflavin photolysis in the pH range 2.0-10.5 has been studied. The photolysis of riboflavin solutions (5x10(-5) M) was carried out in the presence of caffeine (0.5-2.5x10(-4) M) using a visible radiation...

SuperSite: dictionary of metabolite and drug binding sites in proteins.

Feb 10

The increasing structural information about target-bound compounds provide a rich basis to study the binding mechanisms of metabolites and drugs. SuperSite is a database, which combines the structural information with various tools for the analysis of molecular recognition. The...

Old School vs. New School

Old School vs. New School

Jul 27

Veteran workers and managers can represent a challenge — when workers get comfortable with the way things are run, they meet any change with vehement opposition.

Ag Under Attack — Is Food Processing Next?

Ag Under Attack — Is Food Processing Next?

Jul 27

It seems likely that those opposing technology’s role in agricultural production will continue to advance their efforts to restrict its use in other areas of the food chain.

BP’s Tony Hayward May Get his Life Back

BP’s Tony Hayward May Get his Life Back

Jul 26

If a change at the top can help the company accelerate its obligations to the Gulf’s recovery and its own recovery, we may finally see that seeds of future recovery have been sown.

The Cap-&-Trade Distraction

The Cap-&-Trade Distraction

Jul 28 | Video

This controversial criticism of cap-and-trade compares the scheme to sub-prime mortgages and suggests ways that companies could cheat the system.

Homemade Fusion Power

Homemade Fusion Power

Jul 21 | Video

Amateur physicist Mark Suppes built a nuclear fusion reactor in a warehouse in Brooklyn.

How To Invert Wilden Pump Diaphragms

How To Invert Wilden Pump Diaphragms

Jul 21 | Video

Brief tutorial on how to quickly and safely invert the diaphragms on a wilden pump.

BP Spills Coffee

BP Spills Coffee

Jun 15 | Video

Here's what might happen if BP executives spilled coffee during a boardroom meeting.