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Chemtura's failed private equity experiment	Filed under: Major movement, Private equity, Dow Chemical (DOW), Blackstone Group L.P (BX)For deals of $2 billion or less, private equity firms are showing interest. However, the problem is: cheap valuations. This is what the board at Chemtura (NYSE: CEM) found out the hard way. Late last year, the company retained Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) to explore "strategic alternatives." While some private equity firms showed interest - like Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) and Apollo Management LP -- there...	June 27, 2008
Big company, small town: Dow Chemical, Midland, Michigan	Filed under: Products and services, Dow Chemical (DOW), Stocks to BuyThis post is part of our Big Company, Small Town series, featuring large companies and the small towns in which they are headquartered. The Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) is capitalized at about $40 billion dollars and produces a multitude of household and industrial products that probably touch most Americans lives in some way. It is the largest chemical company in the U.S. and number two worldwide (ahead of ExxonMobil and behind B...	June 26, 2008
Ken Fisher Talks About Dow Chemical (DOW)	Fisher has some interesting thoughts on Dow (DOW) On another note, am I the only one who was really distracted by Fisher's hands during his talks? It looked like they were fake and a puppeteer was controlling them.Strange... Disclosure ("none" means no position):Long DOW↑ Grab this Headline AnimatorVisit the ValuePlays Bookstore for Great Investing Books Enter your Email Preview \| Powered by FeedBlitz...	June 25, 2008
AutoNation's (AN) Mike Jackson on Gas Tax	You know, if Congress would just listen to Jackson and Dow's (DOW) Andrew Liveris on energy, we would be so much farther along the road than we are now. We recently took a long position in AutoNation (AN). This interview Jackson did was what got me really looking into the company and considering a purchase.This is a multi-year bet as auto sales do not look to turn soon but the demand will continue to build and when it releases, profits ought to flow... It should be noted that famed value ...	June 24, 2008
Dow Chemical & Owens Corning....hmmmm	Recent news got me to thinking.... First this:"Dow Building Solutions (DBS), a market-facing business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (DOW), announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Stevens® Roofing Systems and Geomembrane Systems, a business of JPS Industries, Inc. Based in Holyoke, Mass., Stevens® Roofing Systems manufactures reinforced thermoplastic (TPO) commercial roofing systems, an area with significant growth potential that aligns well with Dow's energy efficient building ...	June 20, 2008
Jim Cramer’s Am I Diversified	The first caller’s stock portfolio had the following stocks: Agrium (AGU), Potash (POT), Apple (AAPL), Caterpillar (CAT) and Sohu.com (SOHU). Cramer said this portfolio has too much exposure to agriculture with POT and AGU. He said sell Agrium and pick up a healthcare or defense stock. The second caller had these stocks: JC Penney (JCP), Dow Chemical (DOW), Disney (DIS), EnerSys (ENS) and Foster Wheeler (FWLT). Cramer called this portfolio is diversified. The third caller had the following...	June 18, 2008
Jim Cramer’s Lightning Round & Sudden Death	Lightning Round Bullish Capstone Turbine (CPST), James River Coal (JRCC), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), Wal-Mart (WMT), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Continental Resources (CLR), Costco (COST), Urban Outfitters (URBN), TJX Companies (TJX) and Concho Resources (CXO). Bearish Nortel Networks (NT), Dow Chemical (DOW) and Grey Wolf (GW). Sudden Death Cramer was bullish on Martha Stewart Living (MSO) and he was bearish on Ivanhoe Energy (IVAN). Join the fastest growing community of small cap investors at ...	June 17, 2008
Stocks Going Ex-Dividend in the Next Couple Weeks	For investors who are interested in buying dividends, there are a lot of stocks going ex-dividend in the next couple weeks. The following are stocks that are going ex through July 4. All have yields above 2.6%, PE ratios below 20, and PEG's below 2.8. Shown below is the ex-dividend date for each stock.PremierWest Bancorp ( PRWT ) 6/23/2008 Yield: 3.3% P/E: 10 PEG: 0.79 Xcel Energy Inc. ( XEL ) 6/24/2008 Yield: 4.5% P/E: 15 PEG: 2.79 Alliance Financial Corporation ( ALNC ) 6/24/2008 Yield: 4.2% P...	June 16, 2008
Top Value Investing News - Tom Au Edition	Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Tom Au, author of A Modern Approach to Graham & Dodd Investing. Visit the exclusive interview with Tom Au in the Value Investing News Forum to see the insights Mr. Au had to share with us. On top of sharing his time to chat with me this morning, Mr. Au has agreed to take questions from members of Value Investing News throughout the weekend. Take advantage of this great opportunity to ask this professional value investor a question about his book o...	June 13, 2008
Why it doesn't matter that the market is up on Friday the 13th	Filed under: Define investing, Dow Chemical (DOW)Investors looking for good news today can take solace knowing that Friday the 13th is not especially unlucky.Indeed, researchers in the Netherlands have determined that fewer accidents and reports of fire and theft occur on Friday the 13th than other Fridays. And stocks are actually trading up in early market action. Still, some people won't care. About $800 million to $900 million will be lost in business today because people will not do things t...	June 13, 2008

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