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The article offers information on various options to assess the scientific research work for its publications including the use of alternative metrics, almetrics developed by company Almetric.com., and software developed by company Meta.

The article reviews an exhibition of artist Henri Matisse's "cut-out" artworks at the Tate Modern art gallery in London, England, from April 17, 2014 to October 2014.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an October 30, 2011 article on the pulp and paper industry in Indonesia.

The article informs on the marketing stratigies adopted by cigarette paper company, Rizla. It mentions that as smokers are trading down to rollyour- own cigarettes during the COVID-19 pandemic, sales growth in the longer term is expected to weaken. It also mentions that Rizla faces challenges ahead, notably the rise of upstarts that use less subtle social-media campaigns to build a new kind of cult following, especially among pot-smokers.

The article reflects on recent developments in the paper industry. It is observed that the industry has just seen a down turn because it is run by engineers who love to build fancy new plants with little concern for their returns. It is opined that the recent wave of mergers is caused by the fact that the industry has no other way to grow. It is noted that the acquisition deals may turn this industry into a competitive and global business like any other.

Discusses the redesigned United States $100 bill, in light of the esthetics of paper-money design. Redesign due to security considerations; View that the redesigned Franklin bill is remarkably ugly; History of efforts in the United States to foil counterfeiters, while also producing beautiful bills and financial certificates; The role of engravers.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Fade to Black" concerning the use of carbon paper, which appeared in the January 26, 2013, issue.

Focuses on the efforts of U.S. retail companies to limit the sale of cigarette papers on their stores. KMart's plan of selling packets of cigarette papers only if they are attached to pouches of tobacco; Kroger's adoption of rules limiting paper sales to customers.

Focuses on several mergers in the pulp industry in the United States. The merger of Scott Paper and Kimberley Clark; Announcement by International Paper on November 6, 1995 that the company would pay $3.5 billion to acquire a controlling interest in Federal Paper Board; Predictions of slow growth in the paper-making industry.

The article reports that France and Germany are pushing rival models for defence co-operation, but neither is very ambitious. Topics disccussed include acronyms made such as Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), European Defence Fund (EDF) and a European Intervention Initiative (E21) as Europeans scramble to reduce their military dependence on the U.S. and the gap between the rhetoric of political leaders and the modesty of these defence drives.

The author speculates about whether paper money, no longer backed by gold, could lose its value if the world's major economies continue to run up debt. Given the dollar's role as a currency of last resort, some wonder if its decline heralds not just an economic adjustment by the United States, but a crisis of sorts in the value of paper money itself. Money in its present form is a relatively new invention. For most of human history money meant either gold or silver, either directly, or indirectly by means of the "gold standard" which meant, at least in theory, that all paper money was backed by gold. But it came to an end in 1971, when inflationary pressures in America caused the country's manufacturers to become uncompetitive and forced the country off the gold standard. Since then the world has relied on "fiat money", so-called because it is created by government fiat and is backed only by the promises of central bankers to protect the value of their currencies. It is the value of those promises that some are now questioning. Although central banks around the world still hold about 30,000 tonnes of gold in their reserves, many have been offloading their stocks over the years. Those who doubt the continued worth of paper money as a store of value point to two things. The first is that the price of gold has been rising even though official inflation is low. But the rise in the price of gold in particular has raised questions. The biggest of these--and the second main reason for concern--is the amount of debt that rich-country governments have been running up.

Compares British prices of toilet tissue to prices in other European Union countries. Quality and size of British products, including amount of fiber; Background of standards set by Andrex, owned by the United States company KimberlyClark; Variety of product available in Britain.

The article focuses on impact of covid-19 pandemic on children's education and mentions that several countries pressed ahead with exams. Topics discussed include high-stakes tests retained by several school systems, inflation of grades in American high schools and how exams that have helped pupils back into classrooms after lockdowns.

The article looks at the money printing business. Topics include commercial banknote printer De La Rue's success in 2012 despite an ongoing climate of global political instability, how mistrust of banks has led to a higher demand for paper money, and the importance of trust between the printing firms and central-bank clients.

The article gives brief information about books written by some of this journal's staff including "Paper Promises: Money, Debt and the New World Order" by Philip Coggan, "Orpheus: The Song of Life" by Ann Wroe, and "Young Wisden: A New Fan's Guide to Cricket" by Tim de Lisle and Lawrence Booth.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Going Soft," in the March 4, 2000 issue.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Going Soft," in the March 4, 2000 issue.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Going Soft," in the March 4, 2000 issue.

The article offers information associated with growing popularity of sustainability-linked debt. It is noted that a mid-size Canadian consultancy WSP has amended the terms of a loan of 1.2bn dollar whose interest rate hinges on hitting three targets to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from its operations, increase revenues from green sources and increase participation of women in management. It is stated that sustainability-linked bonds are also in increase.

The article reports on the struggle of African countries to build identity systems. The struggle has been attributed to the inability of governments to determine who their citizens are as about one billion people lack official proof of their identities. Some suggestions for creating identity systems are provided, including linking birth registration to benefits such as child-support grants.

The article reports on how researchers Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian have successfully published fake scientific research papers to expose problems in poor academic publishing.

Discusses obstacles to a global equity culture. Effects of ease and cost of buying and selling stocks on the development of a global market; Problems with European stock exchanges which are set up for national and not international use; Praise of the United State's clearing and settlement systems; Exchanges in Japan; The London Stock Exchange; Thoughts on whether the public is open to a global stock exchange.

Comments on a paper airplane competition held by McDonnell Douglas, which was billed as the `World's Greatest Paper Airplane Contest.' The record flight time; Dealing with paper's drawbacks as an aerodynamic material; Other aspects.

The article reports that Germany's Töpfer law appears to be strangling Great Britain's paper-recycling industry. The companies paid by German industry to dispose of waste paper have such a glut of the stuff that many are paying German paper makers to take it off their hands. This, in turn, has allowed German paper makers to reduce their costs by as much as 15%. British firms have lowered their prices in an effort to hold on to market share, but are losing money as a result. British paper mills are closing.

The article discusses the dispute between German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) over the status of asylum-seekers who are registered to stay in other European Union (EU) countries but travelled to Germany. Topics discussed include the CSU's frustration over Merkel's leadership style and demand that secondary migrants be checked and turned back at German borders and Merkel's agreement to tighten Europe's external frontiers.

Comments on the P.T. Riau Andalan pulp mill being built near Pekanbaru on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. How the $1.3 billion dollar project will become one of the largest pulp mills in the world; Economic impact on Sumatra; Foreign investment attractions of the island; Barriers to Sumatra becoming the next economic power in the region; Land rights, legal issues, labor unrest, and educational deficiencies; Environmental concerns.

Focuses on the emergence of a different type of English fiction when `The Pickwick Papers,' by Charles Dickens, was published in 1836. The role of Robert Seymour in the first articles published; The revolutionary narrative when Dicken's took the lead after Seymour's suicide; The popularity of the stories in England; The writings as a reflection of England's changing society.

Reports on the troubles of Thai business Phoenix Pulp and Paper, run by the European Overseas Development Corporation (EODC). Difficulties for chairman George Davison; Actions of the shareholder group made up of politicians, Kirit Shah; The collapse of the Bangkok Bank of Commerce (BBC) and its loans to shareholder Phoenix; Environmental abuses of the company and a forced shutdown of its plant.

The article looks at the decline in several countries' use of electronic voting machines, which are being replaced with internet voting. Security concerns about the machines, such as the inability to verify electronic tallies or check for faults and the lack of a paper trail, are discussed. Canada, Australia, and the U.S. are noted as countries where some form of online voting is occurring in 2012. Topics include preventing voter fraud and hacking, errors on paper ballots, and postal voting.

The article focuses on the outlook for newspaper publishing. "I believe too many of us editors and reporters are out of touch with our readers," Rupert Murdoch, the boss of News Corporation, one of the world's largest media companies, told the American Society of Newspaper Editors last week. And yet, he went on, "as an industry, many of us have been remarkably, unaccountably, complacent." Murdoch's argument begins with the fact that newspapers worldwide have been losing readers, and with them advertising revenue. In 1995-2003, says the World Association of Newspapers, circulation fell by 5% in America, 3% in Europe and 2% in Japan. In the 1960s, four out of five Americans read a paper every day; today only half do so. Philip Meyer, author of "The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age", says that if the trend continues, the last newspaper reader will recycle his final paper copy in April 2040.

An image of a Bank of England currency note featuring author Jane Austen is presented.

The article focuses on efforts by businesses and interest groups to phase out the one dollar bill and replace it with a dollar coin. It states the U.S. is one of the few large economies that issues low-denomination bank notes (LDBN), with Canada and Great Britain having replaced their LDBN before the turn of the 21st century. It comments that lobbyists are trying to convince Congress to switch to dollar coins to reduce the deficit and mentions a Government Accountability Office study about the savings.

Discusses how lawyers, lobbyists, and assorted non-criminals (including government) legally steal the public's tax dollars and why the American public allows them to do it. Transaction activities in the US; Number of lawyers in 1960 (260,000) and number today (541,000); Number of national trade associations; Political lobbyists; Attempts to gauge the costs (and benefits) to America's economy of federal regulation; Five types of federal regulatory costs; More.

The article discusses the crackdown on undocumented immigrants in India in 2019. The government has identified millions of people they consider foreigners who have no right to live in the country. Home minister Amit Shah announced plans to deport undocumented immigrants to Bangladesh. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised to act on the influx of undocumented immigrants.

The article reports on the design of a 1000 rupee Sri Lankan bank note.

The article presents an exploration into economic conditions in the United States, particularly concerning the instability of the mortgage markets and its effects on banking and the trading of commercial papers. Theories on the possible future corrections in the credit markets are provided, citing the Federal Reserve's tendency to adjust rates.

The article focuses on the decline of demand for many types of paper products in the United States. Newsprint has suffered the worst decline in demand, exemplified by the merger of the two largest North American newsprint companies, Abitibi of Canada and Bowater of South Carolina. Details related to the purchase of Procter & Gamble's European tissue division by Swedish company SCA and corporate restructuring at International Paper are presented.

The article focuses on a report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on the leaked data on the tax of clients of Mossack Fonseca, a law company in Panama. It says that the leak has unveiled the offshore holdings of the firm's clients including politicians, and showed how the money was moved and hidden. It mentions the impact of political corruption on the society and economy.

The article focuses on research which found that the share of economics papers in leading journals focused on pure theory fell from 1983 to 2011. Topics discussed the include number of National Bureau of Economic Research papers released in 2017 that featured the use of administrative data in the U.S., a study which found that white men in America earned significantly more than black men and benefits of sharing tax records with researchers.

The article comments on the move by the government of India to spend too much on defense but wasted much of it. India's armed forces have become among the world's top five after importing more firearms, ships and airplanes. The armed forces are criticized for failing to reform, restructure or revise doctrine. The effort of the defense ministry to address questions about procurement and promotions is also discussed.

The article discusses the role that private sector businesses play in economic development in China, comparing it with the impact of state capitalism on China's economic conditions. An overview of Chinese industrial state-owned enterprises (SOEs), including their contribution to China's gross domestic product (GDP), is provided.

The article discusses the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's reforms, including his firing of a cabinet secretary and the Shia religious leader Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's support for the reforms. An overview of the impact that al-Abadi's reforms have on the country's politicians, including in regard to his efforts to prevent political corruption, is provided.

The article discusses the airline industry's decision to discontinue the issuance of paper tickets. The article describes how electronic travel passes (e-tickets) are replacing paper tickets due to the economic benefits. The article explains how a task force sponsored by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) managed the conversion. Details are provided regarding the ability of e-tickets to be stored in mobile phones.

The article focuses on the British newspaper business. Newspapers are trying all sorts of strategies to slow their decline. Having changed its shape from broadsheet to tabloid last year, the "Times" put its price up by five pence. And a more radical response appeared with the launch of "City A.M.," a new free daily paper aimed at business readers. Although fewer people are buying papers, lots more are reading free ones. Some newspaper consultants reckon, if young people are reading freesheets, it might just entice the next generation into buying the real thing later on. Most free papers are generalist, and it is far harder for a business and finance freesheet to get any attention from professionals. Attracting younger readers is the main reason for the format change by "The Guardian," with colour throughout It will take a sizeable jump in circulation for the investment to be judged a success. Nonetheless, this week's burst of activity shows that while Britain's newspaper market is not thriving, it is still vibrant and innovative.