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The earnings crunch continues this week even as the month of July winds to a close. Quarterly reports of note scheduled for the week include those from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Dow Chemical (...

Dahlman Rose is out with its report today on Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW), maintaining Hold. In a note to clients, Dahlman Rose writes, "We have lowered our 2Q EPS and EBITDA estimate to $0.74 (prior $0.87) and $2.2 billion (prior $2.4 billion) to reflect lower volumes and near term margin compression...

The U.S.-Russia Business Council Board Members, led by USRBC Chairman Klaus Kleinfeld of Alcoa, met today with President Medvedev in St. Petersburg at The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to present him with a letter voicing their full support for the Russian Federation's accession to...

Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) is seeing some signs of a “temporary” slowing in demand in Q2, Deutsche Bank reports. “First, adverse weather conditions have impacted agricultural markets and seed plantings,” Deutsche Bank writes. “However this is being offset by high grain prices which incentivize...

Morgan Stanley is out with its report today on Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW), maintaining Overweight. In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "We continue to rate Dow Chemical Overweight, based on our long-term positive view on the petrochemical supercycle, the recent underperformance of LYB (NYSE...

Goldman Sachs is raising its estimates on shares of Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW). “We are raising our FY2011/12/13 EPS estimates to $3.01/$3.67/$4.64 from $2.86/$3.49/$4.50 based on the strong first quarter results,” Goldman Sachs writes. “We reiterate our Buy rating and are raising our 12- month...

J.P. Morgan, which upgraded Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) while raising its PT, is providing some color on the stock. “Dow Chemical shares outperformed the market over the previous year, rising about 27% versus 14% for the S&P,” J.P. Morgan writes. “Over this period we preferred Lyondell...

JP Morgan has upgraded Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) from Neutral to Overweight and has raised the price target from $36 to $47.

Deutsche Bank has raised the price target on The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) from $35 to $40 and maintains its Hold rating.

Deutsche Bank has published a research report for Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) following meeting with the company's CEO. In the report, Deutsche Bank writes "Our meetings with Dow's CEO increased our confidence that Dow is on track to meet our (slightly) above consensus Q3 estimate and that...