DOVER, Del. - DuPont offset falling sales and prices using cost cuts and reported larger third-quarter profits Tuesday.

A. Schulman Inc. just wrapped up an extremely challenging 2009 fiscal year. The Fairlawn-based compounder and distributor posted a loss of almost $3 million in the year ended Aug.

From Department of Justice - BASF Corporation has agreed, under a Clean Air Act settlement filed today in federal court in Beaumont, Texas, to reduce the use of refrigerant chemicals that destroy the earth's stratospheric ozone layer, the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced.

Ameron International Corp. said Monday it has restructured its management team and eliminated the job of chief operating officer.

Energy and mining stocks helped the Toronto stock market make a modest advance late-morning Monday as investors felt reassured about Chinese economic growth and looked to the next wave of U.S. earnings reports.