21.  An explosion overnight damaged the headquarters of German chemical group BASF here, police said Wednesday.

22.  Belgian chemical group Solvay said Friday that its US subsidiary, Solvay Interox, would build a hydrogen peroxide plan in Deer Park, Texas.

23.  Chemical group W.R. Grace acknowledged Thursday that its chief executive officer who left at the beginnning of the month resigned due to sexual harassment charges several employees had brought.

24.  Chemical group Montedison set up a slush fund, operated via Switzerland, to supply political parties with funds.

25.  Dutch chemical group DSM said Monday it has filed suit in Tokyo against Japanese company Mitsui for patent infringement.

26.  Enimont is the name of the company that was supposed to be born from the merger of the state-run ENI energy group and the Montedison chemical group.

27.  The procedure, developed by the US chemical group Monsanto, permits the plant to resist a range of pesticides.

28.  The three big chemical groups also fell.

29.  The price of shares in the chemical group Laporte rose after the company had unveiled higher-than-expected first-half results.

30.  Prices were driven by a continuing rise of the value of the dollar and by strong results from some companies such as the energy and chemical group Veba.