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5 Material Stocks Worth Buying Despite September Setback

Basic Materials, one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors, which left investors disappointed in second-quarter 2016, does not promise a major improvement in the third quarter. The sector (accounting for 2.5% of the S&P 500 index’s total market capitalization) is likely to record roughly a 2.1% fall in earnings and 3.2% decline in revenue for… Read More: 5 Material Stocks Worth Buying Despite September Setback »

EU Restarts Anti-Competition Probe of Dow Chemical-DuPont Merger — Update

By Natalia Drozdiak BRUSSELS–The European Union’s antitrust authority on Monday said it had resumed its review into the proposed merger of Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. after the parties submitted missing information demanded of them. The European Commission set a new date of Feb. 6, 2017 to complete the investigation into the… Read More: EU Restarts Anti-Competition Probe of Dow Chemical-DuPont Merger — Update »

EU Restarts Anti-Competition Probe of Dow Chemical-DuPont Merger

By Natalia Drozdiak BRUSSELS–The European Union’s antitrust authority on Monday said it had resumed its review into the proposed merger of Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. after the parties submitted missing information demanded of them. The European Commission set a new date of Feb. 6, 2017 to complete the investigation into the… Read More: EU Restarts Anti-Competition Probe of Dow Chemical-DuPont Merger »