Article: Asbestos lawsuits create U.S. legal crisis: Cases fill courts, firms go broke.

Article: Kelly-Moore Paints suit says Union Carbide culprit ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... show you that Union Carbide never did a ... while it can. Union Carbide has never stood ... theirs." Asbestos lawsuits have become ... Moore wants Union Carbide to pay for ... longer party to asbestos lawsuits. To see more ...

Article: Former Carbide customer sues Dow over asbestos.(Dow Chemical Co. ...
Chemical Week;  August 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Materials (Orange, CA), a maker of drywall products, says Union Carbide parent Dow Chemical should pay for the wrongful death lawsuits ... they have no responsibility to indemnify Hamilton against asbestos lawsuits, and that Carbide provided detailed safety warnings with ...

Article: Union Carbide Corporation
International Directory of Company Histories;      700+ words ...Union Carbide Corporation Union Carbide Corporation 400 West Sam Houston Parkway South Houston, Texas ... Subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company Incorporated: 1917 as Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation Employees: 3,800 Sales: $5 ...

Article: UNION CARBIDE AIMING FOR LOWER COSTS, HIGHER ...
PR Newswire;  April 27, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... Conn., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Carbide Corporation (NYSE: UK) is making ... year than in 1991." A week ago, Union Carbide reported a 32 percent increase in first ... Safety and Environmental Performance The Union Carbide Chairman said the company has a "deep ...

Article: Union Carbide officers elected. (H.W. ...
PR Newswire;  May 23, 1990 ;     700+ words ...UNION CARBIDE OFFICERS ELECTED DANBURY, Conn., May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Carbide Corporation (NYSE: UK) today announced ... officer of the corporation, and elected a Union Carbide director. Union Carbide also announced that ...

Article: Dow/Union Carbide Merger Could Be a Toxic ...
PR Newswire;  August 30, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... announced between chemical giant Dow with Union Carbide, the corporation responsible for the ... influence-peddling. Joining forces with Union Carbide, a corporation with such a history ... Kathryn Mulvey. Dow's merger with Union Carbide vastly increases the size of the corporation ...

Article: Dow Chemical-Union Carbide Merger to Cost 2,000 ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... announced Wednesday it is buying Union Carbide Corp. and will slash 2,000 ... of the two firms will impact Union Carbide's Danbury headquarters, which employs 950 people. Worldwide, Union Carbide boasts a staff of roughly 11 ...