/lex/industrialshttp://www.ft.com/rss/lex/industrialsFT.com - Lex, Industrialsen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.support@ft.comTue, 22 Jul 2008 19:58 BSTFri, 25 Jul 2008 12:29:55 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gif/lex/industrials(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/748aef7e-57c0-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/748aef7e-57c0-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.htmlSince April's profit warning, chief executive Jeffrey Immelt has announced various ruses in order to convince investors that General Electric works Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:58 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/49b12c7c-5415-11dd-aa78-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/49b12c7c-5415-11dd-aa78-000077b07658.htmlEurope's biggest domestic appliance manufacturer has abandoned its attempt to disguise a profits warning and came out with a hard forecast for 2008 operating profits. It may still be too optimisticThu, 17 Jul 2008 21:08 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/33e140a8-517c-11dd-a97c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/33e140a8-517c-11dd-a97c-000077b07658.htmlSchaeffler, the private ball bearings group which has revenues just one-third those of its potential target, is circling ContiMon, 14 Jul 2008 13:19 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/1fac95ae-4f26-11dd-b050-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/1fac95ae-4f26-11dd-b050-000077b07658.htmlAll UK housebuilders have seen their share prices plummet. So who will survive, and what will be left of them?Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:42 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/844b7438-4e8d-11dd-ba7c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/844b7438-4e8d-11dd-ba7c-000077b07658.htmlGE has almost doubled the scope of its yard sale by including all remaining businesses that sit in its consumer and industrial division Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:02 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/389ef884-4e8d-11dd-ba7c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/389ef884-4e8d-11dd-ba7c-000077b07658.htmlRohm & Haas, with 33 per cent of its stock controlled by the Haas family, was never for sale, so why has it decided to succumb to Dow Chemical?Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:07 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/30def978-483e-11dd-a851-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/30def978-483e-11dd-a851-000077b07658.htmlThe car embodies the pressures on the ailing US economy. It is built from expensive metal and plastic. It burns oil. Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:20 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/437248a0-4682-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/437248a0-4682-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.htmlDeliveries are, for the moment, still buoyant. But the medium-term outlook for Europe is now looking as tough as a truck-stop steakMon, 30 Jun 2008 19:43 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/f30fbe3c-4682-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/f30fbe3c-4682-11dd-876a-0000779fd2ac.htmlAs prices for the two essential raw materials, iron ore and coal, go through the roof again, steelmakers are looking to own their own mines Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:30 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/92c491a4-4292-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/92c491a4-4292-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.htmlWhat is printed on a page can be almost priceless. But paper itself is now so cheap that it is hardly worth keeping to wrap fish inWed, 25 Jun 2008 20:58 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/07008166-42bd-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/07008166-42bd-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.htmlIf Monsanto does not have a secret shrine to Thomas Malthus somewhere in its headquarters, it ought to Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:23 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/633aac6a-40fe-11dd-9661-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/633aac6a-40fe-11dd-9661-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe resources grab goes on. The departure of Ken Talbot, founder and top shareholder, kicks Macarthur Coal into playMon, 23 Jun 2008 13:12 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/a4ddf39e-4085-11dd-bd48-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/a4ddf39e-4085-11dd-bd48-0000779fd2ac.htmlMarket sell signals seldom come much clearer than this. Two of India's top industrialists are poised to trade in controlling stakes in their businessesSun, 22 Jun 2008 19:31 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/aacdfb44-3dda-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/aacdfb44-3dda-11dd-b16d-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe procurement process for the US military-industrial complex remains politically chargedThu, 19 Jun 2008 19:39 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/95650a1e-3b81-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/95650a1e-3b81-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.htmlArcelorMittal has continued to make a regular stream of small acquisitions since the 2006 merger created the world's largest steelmaker by productionTue, 17 Jun 2008 08:00 BST