Both were honored for creating inclusive business environments, integrating India in the global supply chain and advancing core values such as manufacturing, innovation and scale in tough market conditions, the USIBC said.
Dow Chemical and DuPont, two of the oldest US companies, announced the tie-up in December to create the world's biggest chemical and materials group valued at USD 130 billion.
The layoffs, tied to a USD 700 million cost-cutting plan announced by DuPont on December 11, will have a "significant" impact on Delaware, the mid-Atlantic state where the company is based, said chief executive Ed Breen in a message to employees reviewed by AFP.
For the third consecutive time, US chemical giant Dow Chemical has failed to turn up before a court here in connection with 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy case following which the hearing has been posted for July next year.
The deal to combine two of the biggest and oldest US chemical producers is a prelude to an eventual split-up of the combined company into three discrete businesses, Dow and DuPont said on Friday.
A deal, which would face regulatory approval in several countries, would allow the two US companies to rejig their assets based on their diverging fortunes.
Bell, who was Boeing's CFO from 2003 to 2012, is on the board of several other companies, including JP Morgan Chase & Company and Dow Chemical Company.
Investors have been increasingly willing to dip into stocks with no new negative developments in Ebola, a steadying of oil prices, and the sense that the Federal Reserve will not move to raise rates quickly even as it ends bond buying.
Protesters have pressed Coca-Cola to step down as a patron of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, after Russia approved an "anti-gay propaganda" law. And McDonald's has come under fire for encouraging unhealthy eating habits by linking its brand to major sporting events.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, KK Singh, CMD, Rolta India speaks about the multi-million dollar order from Saudi-based Sadara Chemical
Many executives say they're anxious about the US fiscal cliff negotiations, but Dow Chemical Co's chief executive says he's more bothered by the messy Chinese leadership transition, which he believes is wreaking greater harm on global markets.
London is fully prepared to welcome the world at this year's summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Friday following the 10th and final visit of its inspection commission.
Saudi Aramco has signed a joint venture agreement with Dow Chemical for an integrated chemicals complex, named Sadara Chemical Company, in Jubail Industrial City, it has been announced.