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	<title>BASF-News: Business Politics - Strategy</title>
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	<description>News about the BASF Strategy</description>
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	<copyright>2008, BASF SE</copyright>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF to strengthen its automotive business in India]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3086</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Mumbai, INDIA, May 6, 2008 – BASF announced its plans to expand its offerings for the automotive industry in India with investments in plants and technology. The company will build a new engineering plastics compounding plant at its existing site in Thane, which is expected to come on stream by the second half of 2009.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>Strategy</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF enters a challenging 2008 with a record first quarter]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3073</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany - April 24, 2008 - The BASF Group has continued on its successful path in the first three months of 2008. Having posted a further record quarter, it is confident with regard to the coming months. First-quarter sales rose by almost 9 percent to €15.9 billion, while income from operations (EBIT) before special items increased by more than 11 percent compared with the same period of 2007 to almost €2.4 billion.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[Please note:]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3072</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[On the occasion of the Annual Meeting we will publish BASF’s First Quarter Interim Report and the news release on April 24, 2008 at 7:00 a.m. (CEST).]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF launches two crop protection active ingredients]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3024</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF Crop Protection has launched two active ingredients from its promising pipeline of development projects in the past few months: orysastrobin and metaflumizone.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>Strategy</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[New record year 2007 gives BASF confidence for 2008]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3004</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany – February 21, 2008 – For BASF, 2007 was another record year. Thanks to organic growth and the very positive development of the acquired businesses, BASF posted sales of almost €58 billion and income from operations (EBIT) before special items of more than €7.6 billion in 2007.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF names Climate Protection Officer]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3003</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Dr. Ulrich von Deessen (51) has been named the first Climate Protection Officer of BASF. As of May 1, 2008, he will also become the head of the global Competence Center Environment, Health and Safety as the successor of Ernst Schwanhold (59). Schwanhold will take over projects within BASF and will retire as of December 31, 2008.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[Advance Notice: Annual Press Conference on February 21, 2008 at 10:30 a.m.]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2997</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[On Thursday, February 21, 2008 the Annual Press Conference of BASF SE will be held in Ludwigshafen. From 10:30 a.m. CET BASF’s Chairman Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht and CFO Dr. Kurt Bock will present the 2007 financial results. The conference will be transmitted via the Internet.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>Strategy</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF presents its first carbon balance]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2988</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Berlin – February 12, 2008 – BASF is the world’s first company to present a comprehensive carbon balance for its operations. The results show that BASF products can save three times more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire amount caused by the production and disposal of the company’s products.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF Crop Protection introduces development pipeline herbicide to scientific community]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2987</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF introduced its new development pipeline herbicide saflufenacil under the trade name Kixor™ to the scientific community at the Weed Science Society of America meeting in Chicago in early February.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF Venture Capital invests in venture capital FINTECH GIMV Fund]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2981</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF Venture Capital GmbH, Ludwigshafen, Germany, has invested in the venture capital FINTECH GIMV Fund L.P. (FGF), which focuses on Japan-based high-tech startup companies.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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