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SAGINAW, MI - A partnership between Dow Chemical, Saginaw Public Schools and Delta College is connecting 18 high schoolers with professional mentors in an effort to create a more “equitable” pipeline of talent for minority students, according to a news release from Dow. The Dow Treasure Academy is part of a Dow framework aiming to address systemic racism and inequity in both the company and the community its employees live in, according to the release.

Lawsuits in California are seeking potential class-action damages from Dow Chemical and its successor company over a widely used bug killer linked to brain damage in children.

Midland’s Kimberly Dinh checked an item off her golf bucket list. Dinh, 28, earned a 1-up victory Friday over University of Michigan golfer Mikaela Schulz to claim the Michigan Women’s Amateur Championship at Saginaw Country Club. Dinh took some time off from golf while attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. On the 18th hole, Schulz bogeyed while Dinh hit an approach shot within 10 feet of the hole to par for the win. Dinh won the Mid-Amateur last year after starting her job at Dow Chemical, reviving the urge to compete again.

Homeowners survey devastation of Midland County floodsPublished: May 21, 2020, 12:24 pmAuthorities were assessing damage Thursday as floodwaters from heavy rains that overtook two dams retreated in some mid-Michigan communities and continued to threaten others further downriver.

Experts are describing this as a 500-year event, Whitmer told a news conference after a tour of the flood-hit areas. A general view shows a flooded street along the Tittabawassee River, after several dams breached, in downtown Midland, Michigan, U.S., May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca CookTheres an ongoing flooding in parts of Midland with several feet of water, covering some streets of downtown Midland, NWS meteorologist Andrew Arnold told Reuters. Video posted on social media showed high waters lapping around buildings in downtown Midland, partly submerging bridges and roads. Bone said the village of Sanford, the site of one of the dams, has been hit the hardest.

Kelly Cui, principal analyst with consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said the exemptions on the chemical products would benefit companies such as Dow Chemical , Exxon Mobil , and Chevron Phillips Chemical , which have since 2017 been adding shale-based ethylene production facilities and targeting China as the prime export market. The tariff waivers will apply to four chemical products, such as metallocene high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and a special grade of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), and refined oil products that include white oil and food-grade petroleum wax. China on Thursday unveiled a new list of import tariff exemptions for six chemical and oil products from the United States, days after the world's two largest economies announced a phase one trade deal. -Cui also pointed out that the listed products, metallocene HDPE and LLDPE, were high-end special grade plastic raw materials used for packaging and pipes. White oil imports from the U.S. were 3,490 metric tons or worth only $8.7 million during the same period, roughly 6% of China's total imports.

That is the case with the new Dow Chemical, Verizon and Walgreens Boots Alliance, the "Mad Money" host said. Referencing technical analysis from Dan Fitzpatrick, Cramer said buying the stocks of these three companies would be particularly wise because the Dow is likely to continue its breakout and go higher. The Dow had been "making a series of lower highs and higher lows," Cramer said. "This is called a classic continuation pattern, meaning that the Dow was merely resting before resuming its long march higher." That forecast could be realized on the backs of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Dow Chemical and Verizon, Fitzpatrick's analysis shows.