City of Industry, CA --(www.FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 11/11/2008 - Specialty Chemicals industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU). OMAHA, NE--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov 6, 2008 -- Pursuant to NASDAQ rules, Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: GPRED) temporarily changed its stock trading symbol from "GPRE" to "GPRED" for a period of 20 business days
following the completion of Green Plains' merger with VBV LLC and its subsidiaries. When the market opens on Monday, November 10, 2008, Green Plains'
common stock will again be trading under the symbol "GPRE."
About Green PlainsGreen Plains, based in Omaha, Nebraska, has the strategy
of becoming a vertically-integrated, low-cost ethanol producer. Green
Plains' Ethanol segment operates two ethanol plants in Iowa and an additional
ethanol plant in Indiana with a combined expected operating capacity of 220 million gallons of ethanol per year. Additionally, an ethanol plant in Tennessee, with an expected annual operating capacity of 110 million gallons, is expected to become operational in the fourth quarter of 2008. [Read the full article]
A recent MIT study shows that a cap-and-trade policy to cut carbon dioxide would slash oil imports--and save the nation hundreds of billions of dollars. How? By leveling the playing field for innovative startups like Verenium (Nasdaq: VRNM), an advanced biofuels company. Verenium hired Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD)'s former head brewmaster to ferment the waste fiber left over from sugarcane processing and turn it into fuel. Dozens of companies on the brink of similar clean-energy breakthroughs are waiting for the green light from Washington. A recent MIT study shows that a cap-and-trade policy to cut carbon dioxide would slash oil imports--and save the nation hundreds of billions of dollars. How? By leveling the playing field for innovative startups like Verenium (nasdaq: VRNM - news - people ), an advanced biofuels company. [Read the full article]
Revenue dropped and a net gain turned into net losses for ADA-ES Inc. in the third quarter, the company reported Thursday. Littleton-based ADA-ES (NASDAQ: ADES) had a net loss of $184,000, or minus 3 cents per share, on revenue of $5 million for the third quarter, ended Sept. 30. Analysts' estimates called for a loss of 4 cents per share. That compares with net income of $259,000, or 4 cents per share, on revenue of $5.6 million, in the third quarter of 2007. For the first nine months of the year, the company reported a net loss of $671,000, or minus 8 cents per share, on revenue of $12.9 million. That compares with net income of $290,000, or 4 cents per share, on revenue of $14.4 million, in the first nine months of 2007. ADA-ES attributed the loss in revenue in the recent third quarter to "reduced revenues from DOE (Department of Energy) and industry supported mercury programs," according to a news release. [Read the full article]
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 7, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE: PPO) today announced it will be making a presentation to the investment community at 4:15 p.m. CT on Tuesday, November 11, 2008, at the Baird 2008 Industrial Conference in Chicago, Illinois. A link to the webcast can be found at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/baird3/ppo/ and will be available for replay for 30 days.A copy of the company's presentation and links to the webcasts can also be found at the Investor Relations section under Events & Presentations of the company's website, http://www.polypore.net.About Polypore International, Inc. Polypore International, Inc. is a global high technology filtration company specializing in microporous membranes. Polypore's flat sheet and hollow fiber membranes are used in specialized applications that require the removal or
separation of various materials from liquids, primarily in the ultrafiltration and microfiltration markets. [Read the full article]
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