yes, Dow is located in midland, mi (but not detroit). i respect your efforts at keeping this board alive and on-topic, i've tried to keep my feedback objective and respectful (though i've at times let my sarcasm show).
if you knew anyone at Dow or anything about Dow, you'd probably pick another company with which to fluff retail hopes. you'd know Liveris's legacy and job depend on his successfully merging R&H and reinstating the dividend and there's a healthy uprising of shareholders thinking the board is responsible for letting him have so much rope. Dow is selling everything and anything to justify those "projected" cost savings, pay down that new debt and position themselves for a leaner global demand. anyone thinking Dow is a buyer of this outfit truly deserves to lose their money or have their internet connection revoked. divesting billion dollar enterprises like morton's salt and others in mere weeks...what's the dilligence hold up with EESO?
assume (yes, nothing's proven in pinky realm) there can't be a realistic buyout that benefits the common share holders (per A/S and current pps, thoroughly covered), and if there were a reverse merger with a shell of a foriegn distributor that may have done business with a distributor of Dow products...well, what are the shares you receive, who values the conversion (5bn eeso into a "private" korean company) and how long will they be restricted?