41.  Big chemical companies, perhaps surprisingly, have not opposed the measure.

42.  Boeschges said he recommends buying shares in BASF AG and other chemical companies.

43.  --- Al Riggin, who works for a chemical company, is an East Bay writer.

44.  -- Reinstating Superfund energy waste cleanup taxes on petroleum and chemical companies.

45.  -- Superfund energy waste cleanup taxes on petroleum and chemical companies.

46.  A former Houston Natural Gas executive recalled that the firm once sold a chemical company in a weekend.

47.  A weakening shekel against the dollar also boosted exporting chemical companies, which earn in dollars and pay expenses in shekels.

48.  Agrichemicals are typically just one part of larger chemical companies like Monsanto, Du Pont, Sandoz, Hoechst and ICI.

49.  Airlines have already announced thousands of layoffs, and some technology and chemical companies have added to those numbers.

50.  Akzo Nobel, a Dutch chemical company, is a leading European producer of chelants.