HOUSTON , Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) declared on Friday a dividend of 5.75 cents per share, payable on December 17, 2009 , to stockholders of record on December 3, 2009 . This is the 21st successive quarterly dividend that
HOUSTON , Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today reported net income of $29.8 million , or $0.45 per diluted share, on net sales of $632.6 million for the third quarter of 2009. Third quarter 2009 net income increased $12.9 million from the $16.9 million
HOUSTON , Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) will release its 2009 third quarter earnings prior to the market opening on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 . The company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time ( 10:00 a.m.
HOUSTON , Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) will release its 2009 third quarter earnings prior to the market opening on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 . The company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time ( 10:00 a.m.
HOUSTON , Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) declared on Friday a dividend of 5.75 cents per share, payable on September 17, 2009 , to stockholders of record on September 2, 2009 . This represents an increase of 1/ 2 cent per share,
HOUSTON , Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today reported net income of $16.9 million , or $0.26 per diluted share, on net sales of $574.9 million for the second quarter of 2009. Second quarter 2009 net income increased $23.0 million from the $6.1 million
HOUSTON , July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) will release its 2009 second quarter earnings prior to the market opening on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 . The company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time ( 10:00 a.m.
HOUSTON, May 18, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- At their annual meeting held on Thursday, the stockholders of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) elected James Chao and H. John Riley, Jr., as directors, to serve until 2012. At its meeting on Friday, the company's board of directors
HOUSTON, May 5, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) today reported a net loss of $6.1 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2009. This represents a decrease from the first quarter of 2008 net income of $5.4 million, or $0.08
Untitled Document Houston, Texas, May 1, 2009 - Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK) has recently notified 35 sons and daughters of employees throughout the company that they are recipients of a Westlake Scholarship beginning the fall term of 2009.