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Courtroom Update

Withdrawn U.S. court filing indicates Dow settlement talks over $1 billion price-fixing judgment
WASHINGTON, June 15
 
 

Dow Chemical Co and plaintiffs that won a $1.06 billion judgment against the company over claims it artificially inflated polyurethane prices indicated in a Supreme Court filing on Monday they were settling the case,

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Job Jumping

Falling Job Tenure: It's Not Just about Millennials

The image of a worker in the 1950s is one of a man (for the most part) who plans on spending his entire career with one employer.

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Yost Added to Flexible PU Foam Hall of Fame

 

 Charles A. Yost Inducted Posthumously into
Flexible Polyurethane Foam Hall of Fame

Early developer of viscoelastic foam becomes 27th honoree

 

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Minnesota FR Update

Minnesota ban on fire retardants would be toughest in nation
Limits on flame-retardant treatments would be most restrictive in nation. 

By Star Tribune
May 12,

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Poll Question Contest!

We've been running polls for years, and our fountain of questions is drying up!  Please send us some good poll questions and if your question is selected,

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Industrial Development in Louisiana

Ascension Parish economic leaders ear-marking west bank area for heavy industrial development
 

 

Site eyed for industrial park

by David J.

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Propylene Oxide Train Derails

 Officials lift evacuation following train derailment in Addis

Source: Addis Police Department Source: Addis Police Department

 

Source: Addis Police Department Source: Addis Police Department

ADDIS,

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Six Companies Pay to Settle Suit

Polyurethane foam makers pay $275.5 mln to end price-fixing cases
By Jonathan Stempel
 
 

May 19 Mohawk Industries Inc and five other companies have agreed to pay a combined $275.5 million to settle lawsuits accusing them of conspiring to fix prices of polyurethane foam.