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After a series of price hikes in July, pool and spa chemical manufacturers raised prices again in October, citing higher raw material costs.

Another round of increases is expected in January.

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For some truckers, it’s the best of times, a golden age in which they find their trucks packed, their revenues solid and their profits at record levels. For others, it’s the worst of times, a nightmarish period in which they scarcely emerge from one crisis before being battered by the next round of fuel price hikes or staffing shortages.

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FOLLOWING THROUGH on its promise to reduce its exposure to cyclical chemicals businesses, Dow Chemical is selling half of its petrochemicals operations to Kuwait’s Petrochemical Industries Co. (PIC) for $9.5 billion. Dow says the resulting joint venture will free it to concentrate on more technology-driven performance chemicals businesses.

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