NEWS OF THE WEEK
			DOW LEADERSHIP New president and chief operating officer of Dow Chemical is Andrew N. Liveris.
			BAYER SPIN-OFF German giant to shed basic, industrial, and fine chemicals by 2005.
			CRITTER CHEMISTRY Bahamas mantis shrimps fluoresce bright yellow.
			R&D BLUEPRINT Energy Department identifies 20-year science priorities.
			COUNTERFEIT DRUGS Drug industry proposes pedigree tracking as a countermeasure.
			UNIQUE URANIUM COMPLEX Monometallic f-element complex of dinitrogen is first of its kind.
			HUNTSMAN HUNKERS DOWN Company will undertake $200 million cost-cutting program.
			TRADE FRICTION Patience wears thin in the EU as Congress drags out repeal of a corporate tax break.
			ORGANIC CATALYSIS Molecular recognition accelerates methyl transfer from ester to amine.

COVER STORY
			PLASTICS ADDITIVES Plastics industry has been in a slump, but new products and innovation in additives, including flame retardants, may provide a shot in the arm. Cover: Courtesy of Ciba Specialty Chemicals

BUSINESS
			BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
			CHEMICAL EARNINGS High raw material and energy costs continue to cause a decline in profits.
			PHARMA EARNINGS Sales rise for the first nine months of 2003, but industry profitability slips by almost a percentage point.
			BIOTECH EARNINGS Revenues and earnings climb again in third quarter.
			ENDEAVOUR EXPANDS British aroma chemicals firm moves into fine chemicals.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
			GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
			BURNING ISSUE Some polybrominated diphenyl ethers' use as flame retardant is snuffed out.
			PATENT DONATIONS Tax benefits of technology donations draw attention from IRS and Congress.
			INSIGHTS Congressional leaders are sparring over appropriations, but science and technology funding stands to gain slightly.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
			SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
			CATALYSIS FUNDING Researchers seek new sources of support to remain vital as catalysis seems less in vogue.
			DOPING IN SPORTS UCLA chemists identify designer steroid THG.
			JACS AT 125 In his 1936 paper, Lars Onsager showed how Debye's theory of dipoles could be extended to polar solvents.
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