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President Barack Obama : advocates ECO - and against industry
President Barack Obama took a step toward siding with environmental and safety advocates -- and against industry -- in laying out a broad plan to tighten security measures at chemical plants yesterday.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-02/obama-order-seen-favoring-rules-chemical-industry-opposes.html

Obama Order Seen Favoring Rules Chemical Industry Opposes President Barack Obama took a step toward siding with environmental and safety advocates -- and against industry -- in laying out a broad plan to tighten security measures at chemical plants yesterday.

R&D spending increased from 2.5% to 2.6% as a percentage of sales. The 26 chemical firms reporting such data combined for $12.7 billion in R&D spending, a 1.1% increase from the year before

Guess which chemical firm tops our global list this year?

Find out and see the rest of the top 50 in our cover story:
http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i30/Global-Top-50.html