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Elevated mortgage rates acted as a drag on new home sales in November, but with the peak rate cycle apparently in the rear-view mirror, sales are expected to rise in the new year.

3M announced a payment of $250 million to the Qualified Settlement Fund to compensate claimants seeking expedited payments under the settlement agreement. 

Arkema signs a contract with EDF Renewables for the supply of renewable electricity that will cover 70% of Bostik's electricity consumption in France.

Newsweek magazine places PPG on its America’s Most Responsible Companies list for the fourth consecutive year.

Chemical distributor Brenntag recently announced an agreement to acquire Solventis Group, a glycols and solvents distribution company operating from Antwerp, Belgium, and from the UK. 

The Chemours Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc., and Corteva Inc. announced their continued support for the agreement announced in June 2023 to comprehensively resolve PFAS-related drinking water claims of a defined class of public water systems.

With over 20 years of business experience, Gregory Ogunsanya joins H.B. Fuller as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. 

Law enforcement agencies in  China have shut down manufacturing of counterfeit Viton™ FreeFlow™ fluoroelastomer, a product falsely bearing Chemours' trademarks.

Markus Kamieth will take over as chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, succeeding Martin Brudermüller. 

In an effort to step-up the decarbonization of its supply chain, Covestro has begun the process of introducing electric trucks for short-distance chemical shuttling at its Shanghai site.