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The increase will be effective for the quarterly dividend payable on Sept. 2 to shareholders of record on Aug. 8.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1099237449</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:41:39 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sensient Technologies raises 2008 profit outlook (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080718/sensient_technologies_outlook.html?.v=1</link><description>Sensient Technologies Corp. on Friday lifted its 2008 earnings estimates to a range of $1.80 per share to $1.84 per share, from a previous range of $1.77 to $1.80 a share.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2077991921</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:33:46 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sensient profit rises 20 percent in second quarter (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080718/earns_sensient.html?.v=1</link><description>Strong sales growth pushed Sensient Technologies Corp.&apos;s second quarter profit up 20 percent in the second quarter. 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Second quarter diluted earnings per share rose 17.8% to 53 cents from 45 cents in last yearâs second quarter.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3869972058</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:59:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cytec Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080717/20080717006228.html?.v=1</link><description>WEST PATERSON, N.J.----Cytec Industries Inc. announced today net earnings for the second quarter 2008 of $56.5 million or $1.16 per diluted share on net sales of $1,006 million. Included in the quarter are special items that total $2.0 million of net after-tax expense or $0.04 per diluted share and are outlined further in this release.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1944899689</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:18:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cytec Declares Quarterly Dividend (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080717/20080717006226.html?.v=1</link><description>WEST PATERSON, N.J.----Cytec Industries Inc. announced today that the company&apos;s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share on the common stock of the company, payable on August 25, 2008 to shareholders of record as of August 11, 2008.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/264793019</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:16:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BioFuel Begins Shipping Ethanol (PR 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17 Jul 2008 13:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Solutia&apos;s Saflex Photovoltaic Business Provides Encapsulation Technology for World&apos;s Largest Thin-Film Solar Modules (PrimeNewswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/080717/146556.html</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3247408039</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SAFC Supply Solutions Launches REACH-Compliant Products and Support (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080717/aqth017.html?.v=57</link><description>SAFC Supply Solutions®, a focus area within SAFC®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group , announced today that the Company has launched a new initiative designed specifically to assist its customers with their regulatory requirement under the new European Union regulation for chemicals -- Registration, Evaluation, 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