Consumer Products and Services

Dow and PIC of Kuwait Continue Progress on Proposed $11B Joint Venture (Zawya)

20 Jul 2008

Kuwait -- 20 July 2008 -- The Dow Chemical Company Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) of the State of Kuwait, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), continue to make progress on their $11 billion proposed 50:50 joint venture.

Emirates Money given licence to redefine consumer finance in the UAE (Zawya)

20 Jul 2008

Dubai, UAE, 20 July 2008: Emirates NBD Emirates NBD has been given the green light by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates to launch a new consumer finance company under the name of Emirates Money Consumer Finance LLC. The licence will allow Emirates Money to commence operation within the Emirates with immediate effect.

foolish trivia (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

20 Jul 2008

Iwas born as a cooperative in 1921, dedicated to making butter from sweet cream and offering it in quarter-pound sticks, vs. the then-standard butter made from sour cream and sold in tubs. Today I'm a national, farmer-owned Fortune 500 company, with annual sales topping $8 billion and a full line of dairy-based consumer, food service and food ingredient products. I offer feed, seed and ...