LONDON (ICIS)--Wacker Chemie's
third-quarter net profit fell 19.8% year on year to €124.9m ($178.4m),
partly because of spikes in raw materials costs which offset higher
sales, the Germany-based chemical producer said on Friday SEE MORE LONDON (ICIS)--INEOS’s third-quarter earnings
before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) fell 20%
year on year to €371m ($515m), partly because of a softening in demand
from the weakening economy, the Swiss-headquartered company said on
Monday. SEE MORE HA NOI — Power demand for production and daily use
in the last quarter of this year is estimated to be over 28 billion kW
per hour, 9.9 per cent higher than the same period last year. But it can
be met, according to the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Viet Nam. SEE MORE HA NOI — The consumer price index (CPI) saw a
month-on-month rise of just 0.36 per cent in October, the General
Statistics Office (GSO) reported. SEE MORE HA NOI — Viet Nam's stock market declined again this
week with the VN-Index on the HCM Stock Exchange dropping 0.83 per cent
over the course of last week to end Friday at 411.03 points, while the
HNX-Index trod water to finish the week at 69.13 points on the Ha Noi
Stock Exchange. SEE MORE