Surfactants Virtual Library: Industry News

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1/31/01 Procter & Gamble Profit Rises
1/26/01 Procter Sells Spic and Span Brand
1/25/01 Dial Negotiating To Sell Division
1/23/01 Stepan Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call Webcast
1/19/01 Albemarle Corporation Reports Record Results
12/29/00 Rhodia and Huntsman Sign an Agreement Leading to the Divestiture of Albright & Wilson's European Surfactants Business
12/29/00 Henkel buys Colgate's Mexican detergent business
12/26/00 Are Unscented Products Really Unscented? Products Could Trigger Allergic Reactions In Some People
12/20/00 Unilever shares surge on strong sales
12/15/00 Clorox to streamline manufacturing
12/14/00 Maytag warns on earnings, cites industry weakness
12/12/00 Colgate rises on Q4 outlook, pulls whole sector up
11/29/00 NyeBar Q Offered as Replacement for 3M's Fluorad FC-722
11/18/00 Tide Crowns the Dirtiest Kid and Sidekick in America
11/16/00 Discovery Laboratories, Inc. Receives FDA Clearance to Begin Surfaxin Clinical Trial
11/16/00 P&G sees double-digit long-term EPS growth
11/13/00 Henkel weighs sale of Cognis, shares drop
11/08/00 P&G Explores Sale of Wash & Go
11/03/00 Unilever on Right Path As Profits Rise
11/01/00 USA Detergents Reports Third Quarter EPS of $.10
10/31/00 Unilever to Sell Elizabeth Arden to FFI Fragrances for $225 Million
10/31/00 Procter & Gamble profits up, sales worry
10/31/00 One-Third Use a Special Solution to Wash Fruits And Vegetables
10/30/00 Albemarle Wins Quality Awards From Eastman Chemical
10/27/00 Church & Dwight third quarter earnings beat targets
10/25/00 Procter & Gamble Donates Technology to Harness the Power of the Sun
10/24/00 Dial Reports Third Quarter Earnings
10/24/00 Tide Unearths America's Dirtiest Kids and Their Sidekicks National Search Discovers Six Dirty Duos
10/24/00 Dial says Henkel venture to drop Purex Advanced
10/24/00 Stepan net flat, could post lower 2000 results
10/23/00 Global Alpha-Olefins Market Intelligence Database and Newsletter Now Available Online
10/18/00 Discovery Laboratories Receives Broad European Patent Covering Surfactant Peptides
10/18/00 'Substance.com' Selected as Name for Online Beauty Site of iVillage and Unilever Joint Venture
10/17/00 Albemarle Corporation Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months 2000 Results
10/10/00 P&G CEO Confident in Future
10/5/00   Redox Brands, Inc. Buys Another P&G "BIZness"
10/3/00   Unilever Strengthens Latin American Operations
10/2/00   One Unilever still bettter than two
9/30/00 Unilever To Close Chicago Factory
9/28/00 Bristol-Myers To Sell Clairol
9/28/00 P&G Backs Outlook, Shares Rally
9/21/00 Dial sees Q3 earnings below views
9/12/00 The Dirt on Soap
9/6/00 Unilever washes hands to UK bar soapmaking
8/31/00 The Dial Corporation Announces Key Executive Appointments
8/29/00 Sears and Whirlpool Unveil a Revolution in Washing Machine Technology
8/25/00 Former P&G CEO got more than $13 million on leaving
8/24/00 Clorox Joins MSI's Formulations Consortium
8/23/00 Charles E. LaRosa Named President & COO, USA Detergents
8/22/00 Innovative Dishwasher Product May Change Lives of 87 Million Americans; $1.8 Billion Unmet Consumer Need Left Unanswered for 150 Years
8/17/00 Ciba Specialty Chemicals Names New Division President in North and Central America
8/17/00 Rising oil prices fuel woes of U.S consumer products makers
8/14/00 Henkel KGaA - Information on Business Performance January through June 2000
8/11/00 Reckitt Q2 set to rise, benefits due in H2
8/8/00   Dial Replaces Two Top Executives
8/1/00   Procter & Gamble Earnings Rise
7/28/00 Buy Procter & Gamble Now?
7/27/00 Stepan Reports Quarterly Earnings
7/25/00 Pediatrix, Forest Laboratories Enter Agreement For Clinical Research Project
7/20/00 Colgate-Palmolive Net Tops Forecasts
7/19/00 Too Clean Is No Good
7/19/00 Sluggish quarter seen for consumer product makers
7/17/00 Procter & Gamble puts Biz bleach brand on block
7/17/00 Researcher Urges Less Use of Anti-Bacteria Products
7/17/00 Lavender Boom Means Big Business
7/6/00   Procter & Gamble Sells Oxydol Brand
6/28/00 Dial issues profit warnings, share prices tumbles
6/28/00 P&G to sell romantic.com and other domain names
6/21/00 Dial Needs a Parent to Clean Up Its Act
6/21/00 Simple Hand Washing Cuts Drug-Resistant Bacteria
6/20/00 P&G's Crest to offer tooth whitening strips
6/16/00 Shampoo Makes Head Lice Glow in UV Light
6/15/00 Doctor's Group Questions Anti-Bacterial Soaps
6/15/00 P&G Thai sales up 16.7 pct to end Jun yr/yr
6/13/00 Detergent Intermediate and Surfactant Powerhouse CONDEA Out On Offer - Profile Available
6/9/00 Moody's raises Reckitt Benckiser ratings
6/9/00 Good Growth Forecast for Surfactants in Industrial Applications
6/8/00 Kimberly-Clark Sees Strong Business Results Continuing
6/8/00 P&G's CEO Steps Down After Profit Warning
6/7/00 Washing Machines Will Phone And Surf Net: Expert
6/5/00 Mexico okays Henkel/Dial buy of soap firm
6/2/00 Home-Schoolers Sweep Spelling Bee (he spelled 'surfactant' to win!)
6/1/00 Stop Trying Too Hard to Kill Bacteria, Expert Says
5/31/00 Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp. Announces Completion of Phase 3 Oxygent Study in Europe
5/25/00 Procter & Gamble sees 10 pct sales growth in Mexico
5/25/00 Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp. Nets $25 Million in Conjunction With Oxygent Agreement With Baxter
5/23/00 Germs Easily Transferred From Everyday Objects to Hands
5/23/00 Whirlpool plans investments to meet new energy rules
5/16/00 3M Phasing Out Some of its Specialty Materials
5/15/00 Helene Curtis Comes Alive in New Web Site
5/12/00 Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp. and Baxter Enter Into Agreement for Oxygent (perfluorocarbon emulsion)
5/10/00 Revlon sells Plusbelle to Dial, not selling other brands
5/9/00   Colgate-Palmolive holders leave meeting with a bonus
4/25/00 Stepan Reports First Quarter Results
4/25/00  P&G profits lower, stock falls after sales warning
4/25/00  Dial Q1 revs, margin lower, announces Coast deal
4/19/00  Colgate-Palmolive profit up 15%, beats forecasts
4/18/00  P&G launches fruit and veggie wash
4/4/00    P&G Stock Rallies After Shares Upgraded
3/31/00  Study Finds 'Green' Product Labeling Misleading
3/27/00  P&G looks to sell Oxydol laundry detergent
3/23/00  Gillette to Sell White Rain to Diamond
3/23/00  Alberto-Culver Completes Pro-Line Acquisition
3/21/00  Dial and Henkel Extend Joint Venture Project Throughout NAFTA; Announce Investment in Mexican Detergent Manufacturer
3/21/00  BFGoodrich acquires personal care business
3/17/00  IBM Researchers Create New "Self-assembling" Magnetic Materials
3/15/00  Stepan Reports Record Quarterly Earnings
3/11/00  Soap Maker Dial Warns of Lower Profits
3/8/00    Alberto-Culver Sees Growth Momentum Continuing
3/7/00    P&G Stock Plummets After Warning
3/7/00    Unilever Creates New Company to Position for Growth in Global Prestige Beauty Market
3/2/00    Unilever Doubles Central American Presence With Acquisition of Grupo Cressida
3/1/00    Unilever plans China listing
2/29/00  Cognis Acquires Hispano Quimica
2/29/00  Admiral Inc. to Acquire Man Chem Division from Imperial Soap
2/24/00  Discovery To Begin Exploration of Surfaxin Platform for Aerosolized Formulations for Asthma and Other Respiratory Diseases
2/22/00  After 40 Years Mr. Clean Speaks Online
2/22/00  Unilever to Cut 25,000 Jobs
2/18/00  Henkel's 1999 Results Break New Records
2/18/00  Unilever 1999 profits seen a bit drab
2/15/00  Unilever and iVILLAGE Form New Internet Company
2/15/00  Stepan Reports Record Quarterly Earnings
2/15/00  P&G CFO Sees 6-8 Pct Sales Growth
2/14/00  Dial eyes 15 pct EPS growth in 2000
2/14/00  Colgate sees 2000 volume growth in mid-single digits
2/9/00    P&G's Mr. Clean to talk about cleaning woes on Web
2/3/00    Colgate Announces Excellent 4th Quarter Volume up 7%, Record Earnings and Profitability EPS up 14%
2/2/00    Garden Botanika Announces Year 2000 Business Plan, January Sales
2/2/00    Amway Corp. To Reorganize
2/2/00    Unilever, Microsoft extend online deal
1/31/00  Phytera and Unilever Sign Joint Research and Development Agreement
1/28/00  Church & Dwight Reports Fourth Quarter and 1999 Results
1/27/00  Discovery Laboratories, Inc. to Begin Pivotal Phase 3 Study of Surfaxin in Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
1/27/00  Rhodia Doubles Net Income in 1999
1/27/00  Clorox reports higher earnings, cites cleaners, bags
1/26/00  Psychology of Bad Hair Days Studied
1/25/00  Procter & Gamble's Earnings Flat
1/25/00  Dial Reports 1999 Earnings Per Share Up 15% To $1.17 Per Share on 13% Sales Increase
1/24/00  Whirlpool Corporation Reports Record Performance
1/13/00  Global Certification for Henkel Surface Technologies
1/10/00  More Clothing Than You'd Expect on a Rio Beach
1/10/00  P&G May Sell Two Skin Care Brands
1/6/00    Argentine watchdog rejects P&G charges vs Unilever
1/6/00    Garden Botanika Reports December Comparable Store Sales
1/4/00    Dick Bruno & Continental-Diversified Announce New Dispensing Technology for Consumer and Commercial Products
12/23/99 Venezuela Mavesa sees recovery helping sales
12/7/99   CONDEA Vista Company Cosmetics Ingredients Brochure Now Available
12/2/99   Procter & Gamble Indonesia to Shut Down Shampoo Unit
12/1/99   P&G Taking New Product to the Streets in National Launch (Dryel)
12/1/99   Henkel and Lion Corporation to Join Forces in Consumer Home Products
11/25/99 Reckitt extends Benckiser offer
11/24/99 U.S. Approves Reckitt, Benckiser Deal
11/22/99 CONDEA Vista Increases Detergent Alkylate Prices
11/19/99 Benckiser not to publish quarterly figures
11/17/99 Unilever Acquires Controlling Interest in Colombian Business
11/13/99 Tide's 'Dirtiest Kid In America' Has Been Found
11/13/99 Gobble Up Stains After the Turkey's Done - The Whirlpool Institute of Fabric Science Offers Tips for the Thanksgiving Holiday's Most Common Stains
11/9/99 P&G Sells Prell Shampoo Line
11/8/99 USA Detergents Reports Third Quarter and Nine Month 1999 Results
11/8/99 Henkel: Information for Its Shareholders on Business Performance January Through September 1999
11/5/99 Unilever dives on Q3 profit fall
10/28/99 P&G profits rise, matching estimates
10/26/99 Rhodia: Net Income Up 34 Percent in the First Nine Months Of 1999
10/22/99 Surfactants in Agriculture: A Changing Market
10/21/99 Colgate-Palmolive posts sparkling Q3 earnings
10/21/99 Stepan Reports 3rd Quarter Earnings
10/20/99 Unilever Realigns U.S. Laundry Detergent Advertising
10/19/99 Dial Reports Third Quarter 1999 Earnings Per Share Up 15% To $0.31 Per Share On 14% Sales Increase
10/18/99 Henkel Corporation Appoints New President, Launches International Image Campaign
10/17/99 Colgate, P&G sales seen up, but Gillette weaker
10/12/99 Imagery-Driven Fragrance Products are Everywhere These Days ... Including the Kitchen Sink!
10/12/99 P&G CEO Sees Transformation In Five Years
10/12/99 Whirlpool Corporation Reports Record Quarterly Performance
10/3/99 Revlon, Still In Cosmetics, Warns Of Loss
9/30/99 The Dial Corporation Announces New Organization Structure and Key Executive Appointments
9/23/99 Tips on Cleaning to Combat Allergens in the Home from The Soap and Detergent Association
9/21/99 Unilever To Cut 1,200 Brands
9/20/99 Finazzle Corporation USA Poised to Shock the Cleaning Products Industry with Launch of Ten New Household Cleaning Products Sold Direct to Customers Via Internet or Phone
9/15/99 Regulators Halt Lotion Ads
9/14/99 P&G Launching Online Beauty Site
9/13/99 Shaw's, Safescience in Exclusive Co-Branding Agreement; Own Label Program Expanded With Tested Cleaning Products
9/13/99 Mobil Announces Upgrades to Its Commercial Vehicle Lubricant Formulations
9/12/99 Use of Antibacterials Debated
9/8/99   P&G's Physique to bring up-market hair to the masses
8/10/99 Henkel in the First Half 1999: Stable Growth of Brand-name Products
7/28/99 RESEARCH ALERT-ING cuts Benckiser to "Hold"
7/27/99 Dutch, British Firms To Merge (Reckitt & Colman PLC and Benckiser NV)
7/27/99 Confirmation of Rhodia's Recovery; Net Income for the First Half of 1999 Up 22 Percent
7/26/99 'Ease Your Load' With These Laundry Etiquette Tips (Amway)
7/20/99 Dial Reports Second Quarter 1999 Earnings Per Share Up 16% to $0.29 Per Share on 17% Sales Increase
7/20/99 Stepan Reports Record Quarterly Earnings
7/20/99 Discovery Laboratories, Inc. Receives Notice of Allowance Related to Surfactant Lavage Patent Application
7/19/99 Procter & Gamble and the Institut Pasteur Sign Worldwide Partnership Agreement
7/13/99 Unilever and Symyx Sign Collaboration
7/2/99   Unilever Acquires Dominican Republic Consumer Business
7/1/99   Government acts against false detergent claims
6/30/99 P&G To End Product Tests on Animals
6/30/99 Forest says judge reverses Abbott patent victory (Infasurf lung surfactant)
6/23/99 SKW buys Witco's ODG (Oleochemicals and Derivatives Group) chemicals firm
6/14/99 Biore Brand Is Awarded Gold at the 1999 National Effie Awards
6/17/99 Unilever hopes China will approve revamp very soon
6/17/99 Benckiser ups stake in China JV
6/16/99 Ciba Specialty Chemicals Consumer Care Division Holds Event to Underscore the Importance of Sun
Protection
6/9/99 Procter & Gamble To Cut 15,000 Jobs
6/4/99   Germs in the Laundry - Company Press Release (Clorox)
6/1/99 Crompton & Knowles and Witco to Merge, Creating $3.2 Billion Specialty Chemical Company
5/28/99 Fisher & Paykel's DishDrawer Receives Prestigious Business Week Design Award
5/25/99 Benckiser Reports Progress in Line With Expectations in First Quarter to March 31, 1999
5/11/99 Henkel Announces Results for First Quarter 1999
5/5/99 Ciba Specialty Chemicals Introduces World's First UV Absorber for Fabric Softeners
5/4/99 Rhodia Sells Polyether Polyol Business to Huntsman Corporation
5/3/99 USA Detergents Reports First Quarter 1999 Results
5/3/99 Henkel Reports Preliminary First Quarter 1999 Results
4/30/99 FOCUS-Rhodia Albright bid tops Albemarle
4/29/99 Unilever Reports $715 Million Net Profit For First Quarter
4/29/99 Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Reports First Quarter 1999 Earnings
4/29/99 Unilever expects return to sales growth
4/29/99 Unilever sees recovery in SE Asia
4/24/99 German Industrialist Henkel Dies
4/22/99 P&G: Earnings Better Than Expected
4/21/99 Colgate-Palmolive beats expectations
4/20/99 Dial and Henkel Form Joint Venture to Develop and Market Enhanced Purex Laundry Products in North America
4/20/99 Dial Reports First Quarter 1999 Net Income Up 13% to $0.26 Per Share on 19% Sales Increase
4/20/99 Stepan Reports Increased Sales & Earnings


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