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E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

In a nutshell, after a bounce upward in earnings for the 1st Q 2008, DuPont will be facing pervasive weakness in its important markets of housing and construction and automobiles for the remainder of the year, and likely beyond. Despite the "bio" public relations campaigns, this old-line chemical conglomerate mostly turns out commodity chemicals, like TIO2, sulphuric acid, ag chemicals, and aging products, such a four decades-old Corian, Tyvek and Nomex. ...funfun..