Dow Chemical Hikes Prices 20 Percent, Citing Costs By REUTERS Published: May 28, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-dowchemical.html Filed at 8:42 a.m. ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dow Chemical Co <DOW.N> said on Wednesday it would hike prices on all its products by up to 20 percent starting June 1 because of the sharp rise in the costs of energy, raw materials and transportation. The company said its cost of energy and feedstocks surged 42 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, and the jump in crude oil and natural gas prices was continuing. "For years, Washington has failed to address the issue of rising energy costs and, as a result, the country now faces a true energy crisis, one that is causing serious harm to America's manufacturing sector and all consumers of energy," Chief Executive and Chairman Andrew Liveris said in a statement. Prices for natural gas, a key feedstock for the chemical industry, have increased by 56 percent on the New York Mercantile Exchange since the end of 2007, and crude oil prices have rallied 32 percent to more than $125 per barrel. Dow will continue its cost-control measures, Liveris said, and accelerate its "top-down competitiveness review" for all its businesses and manufacturing facilities because of the jump in energy prices. Shares of Dow were indicated up about 1 percent in pre-market trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Bush Oil Administration Mission Accomplished.... .................................................... Just wait till the war possibility with Iran this summer .... The admin never stops....
True --- more to come, all part of their destructive plan. Iran attack by August news - http://www.infowars.com/?p=2386