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Administration Officials Emphasize Harmonization, Cooperation

DHS officials participating in the 2008 Chemical Sector Security Summit (CSSS) expressed hopes that future homeland security efforts will be a unified approach between industry and administration groups.  Sue Armstrong, Acting Director of DHS’s Infrastructure Security...
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Assistant Secretary of DHS Addresses Security Summit

Assistant Secretary Robert Stephan addressed the three threat vectors that he sees heading into the next administration and the next decade. They are prevention of a catastrophic loss of life by terrorism; prevention of a catastrophic economic cost by terrorism; and...
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Dow's Earnings Fall on Higher Feedstock Prices (updated)
Dow Chemical’s second-quarter net income dropped 27%, to $762 million (81 cts/share), on sales up 23%, to $16.4 billion. Double-digit price hikes across all operating segments and all geographic areas were not enough to offset rising costs, Dow says....

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