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The article reports that shares in paper companies in Europe are going low due to credit downgrades, increasing energy and raw materials costs, and oversupply across the globe. Major paper and packaging companies in Europe such as Stora Enso, UPM-Kymenne, and Svenska Cellulosa AB have been laying off staff and closing mills to adjust to the oversupply. As the share prices go down, some investors see it as an opportunity to invest and purchase cheap shares.

Reports on the bid proposed by private investors Obsidian Finance Group and Campbell Group to acquire timber and paper-products company, Longview Fibre Co.

Reports that manufacturers over consumer paper products will be raising prices for the first time since 2000 as the result of rising commodity prices. View of author that pricing power may be swinging back to the manufacturer; History of price increases in the consumer-products industry; Impact of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on the industry in keeping prices down; Product changes made by Proctor & Gamble Co. (P&G), Georgia-Pacific Corp. and Kimberly-Clark Corp. in recent years without raising prices; Percentage climb in prices for Georgia-Pacific's, Kimberly-Clark's and P&G's paper products, including toilet paper, paper towels and tissues.

Presents updates on the paper products industry as of November 14, 2002, including the plan of Staples Inc. to triple the amount of recycled materials in the paper products it sells.

Describes financial performance of companies in the paper products industry for the second quarter of 2002.

Discusses the decision of Kimberly-Clark Corp. to lower its first-year sales expectations for its Cottonelle wet toilet paper product in 2001.

Reports on competition between companies that sell toilet paper. Innovation by Kimberly-Clark Corp., which makes Cottonelle toilet paper, called Cottenelle Fresh Rollwipes, which are like baby wipes on a roll; Other companies that sell toilet paper, including Procter & Gamble Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Reports on the agreement of Georgia-Pacific Corp. of Atlanta, Georgia to acquire Fort James Corp. Impact of the deal on the tissue-paper business of the company; Reasons for Georgia-Pacific's divestiture plans; Competitors of the company; Terms of the deal; Advisors of Georgia-Pacific in the transaction.

Reports on the 1999 fourth-quarter financial results of Fort James Corp., a maker of bathroom tissues and paper towels. Net loss for the quarter; Sales for the period; Reasons behind the company's increased supply-chain costs; Trading of Fort James' shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

Probes into the factors that influenced the market decline of paper and wood-products in the United States. Posted revenue of Georgia-Pacific Corp. and other companies; Expectations from market analysts; Market demand for building products.

Evaluates Mead Corp.'s Web site for its paper products business. Business activity; Internet traffic; Product offerings; Updates on the site.

Reports on the 1999 third quarter financial performance of tissue-maker Fort James Corp. based in Deerfield, Illinois. Income for the quarter; Sales of the company's packaging business; Loss per share from discontinued operations.

Reports that Georgia-Pacific Corp. and Chesapeake Corp. have agreed to combine their commercial-tissue business in a joint venture. Details on the deal; Significance of the deal to Chesapeake.

States that the paper manufacturers in the United States are posting losses for the fourth quarter earnings for 1996. What analysts are predicting; What others are warning; Recommendations made to investors; Where best buys in paper-product stocks can be found; Detailed information on the industry.

Focuses on analysts' selection of stocks in the paper and forest products industry in the United States, with reference to the 1998 All-Star Analysts Survey. Impact of the Asian crisis on investors in the industry; Percentage return earned by analyst Stephen E. Keane; Reference to the selection of Keane; Minimization of the value of the several stocks of paper companies in the industry by analyst Sherman Chao.

Reports that Ivex Packaging Corporation, definitively agreed to acquire Ultra Pac Incorporated, for $15.50 a share, or about $4 million. How the acquistion will be effected by Ivex; Benefits of the purchase to Ivex; Performance of Ultra Pac's shares on the Nasdaq market for March 23, 1998.

Reports that Mail-Well Incorporated will acquire the label division of International Paper Company, for an undisclosed amount. Details on International Paper's operations; Effect of the acquisition announcement on Mail-Well's shares.