Chemicals day at Wazzup. – Yesterday’s $14bn merger announcement between Huntsman and Clariant show that it can be done, notwithstanding Akzo Nobel still playing ‘hard to get’ in face of PPG’s multiple advances. With the sector also at the cusp of pushing through price rises to recoup earlier increases in raw material and […]
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PPG (ppg) – Third time lucky for Akzo? PPG returns with further concessions and an increased offer worth €96.75 per Akzo ord Nielsen (nlsn) – Q1 FY17 results: US retail measurement continues to drag down the averages. Whitbread (wtb_l) – FY17 results: A cautious outlook statement blights a solid historic trading performance PPG […]
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