Basic Materials

May 08 2012 4:05 PM

Post-election uncertainty in Greece pushed investors away from stocks and commodities, lowering German and U.S. bond yields and eroding the euro's value as investors sought the dollar. France's benchmark CAC 40 Index erased its Monday gains, which had confounded investors. The reality sank in a day late as euro zone uncertainties that popped up over the weekend took root. Greek stocks have lost 10 percent of their value so far this week.

April 27 2012 5:35 PM

Consumer, producer, and environmental groups are concerned that Dow AgroSciences appears to be on the cusp of winning U.S. regulatory approval for genetically engineered corn -- a move that could potentially have devastating consequences by encouraging the increased use of the herbicide 2,4-D.

April 18 2012 11:05 AM

The CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), the nation's second-largest natural gas producer, has received over $1.1 billion in unreported loans over three years, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

April 11 2012 12:51 PM

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer services provider, announced a new campaign called “PureSystems” to sell computers and software for cloud computing.

April 09 2012 9:41 AM

The world's demand for alternative energy sources is powering growth in German industry, or so a look at the list of fastest-growing public companies in that country would suggest. Already the world leader in solar panel manufacturing, Germany is also home to an array of booming companies whose business is on the more peripheral side of clean energy creation and conservation.

April 05 2012 9:48 AM

The U.S. titan will provide technology services to Eike Batista's EBX Group and acquire a 20 percent stake in EBX subsidiary SIX Automacao.

April 02 2012 2:55 PM

Two Brazilian industrial titans are circling a big Portuguese cement maker in the latest sign that the euro zone's recession is cutting the value companies based in struggling European countries and making them takeover targets.

March 27 2012 8:58 AM

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713), a major Japanese non-ferrous metal miner, said Tuesday it has discovered a new gold deposit containing about 40 metric tons of gold at its Pogo mine in Alaska.

March 15 2012 3:24 PM

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) said Thursday that it has resolved a labor dispute with PT Freeport Indonesia workers at its Grasberg mining and milling operations, but that the work stoppage will cost the company production and sales of a significant amount of copper and gold.