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The article reports on the effect of the poor economy on the paper industry. Paul Raymond, president of Ashland Hercules Water Technologies (AHWT), a business unit of Ashland, says paper mill closures and production losses in the mature regions are a challenge. According to the article, many suppliers have restructured, reducing output and/or otherwise streamlined operations. BASF announced a reorganization of its performance products business segment in anticipation of completing the Ciba deal.

The article focuses on the rising costs of paper. Magazine publishers are dealing with numerous rising costs, including technology investments, postage, editors, and paper. Due to the weakness of the American dollar, publishers' overseas options are increasingly being restricted. In 2007, paper is emerging from an era of rising and falling prices. Coupled with structural changes, including mergers and a growing role for private equity, prices will continue to increase into 2008.

Reports on the demand for chlorine and other bleaching chemicals by the pulp and paper industry in the United States. Information on the Environmental Protection Agency's rule which sets air and water standards for pulp and paper mills stimulating demand for products that replace chlorine; Factors that prompted papermakers to switch to other bleaching agents; Analysts' prediction on hydrogen peroxide demand in 2000.

The article shares a readers' insight on the difference that the ten commitments in the chief nursing officer for England's Leading Change, Adding Value framework could make to nursing care. One respondent suggests the framework's potential to shape policies and ensure workforce training. A second respondent points out the lack of funding to help carry out the ten commitments, while another stresses the need to address poor staffing levels.

As the government prepares to spend £4 billion on a drive for a paperless NHS, nurses might well ask: what does it mean for me? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines marketing by manufacturers of household consumer products such as tissues and cleansers. The recession has led to an increase of sales of house brand products in these categories. Makers of brand name products such as Kimberley-Clark and Procter & Gamble have responded by altering pricing strategies.

The article reports that industrial accelerometers manufacturer Hansford Sensors released a free white paper that provides advice for cement manufacturers on using vibration monitoring to improve the efficiency of production machinery.

Letters to the editor are presented in response to the article "Recycled Fiber a Buried Treasure for Marcal," published in the September 6, 2010 issue, and "Boomers--Yes, Boomers--Spend the Most on Tech," published in the October 11, 2010 issue.

Forecasts on the trend in paper fillers segment for 1998. Demand for titanium dioxide as reported by Bruce Zwicker of Millennium Inorganic Chemicals; Sales growth in precipitated calcium carbonate; Kaolin as the predominant ground-wood filler used in newspaper and magazines.

The article examines the economic conditions of the print manufacturing industry in Hong Kong, China. It looks at how wage increases have impacted the labor market and productivity as well as how advances in digital printing have improved the industry. Noted companies covered in the article include Hung Hing, Leo Paper Group, and Magnum Offset.

The article explores the leaked White Paper on Australia's defence budget model for 2013. On page eight of the White Paper, it stated that the defence budget model is realistic and appropriate for the uncertain fiscal circumstances of the country, but is still able to deliver the government's priorities. The author says the omission of SEA 1180, which aims to build 20 new multi-role naval vessels, is one interesting section of the White Paper.

Discusses the effect of newspaper recession in 1990 and 1991 on newspaper companies in the United States. Slow growth in net operating income suffered by large companies; Reason behind the inverse proportionality between size and profit; Higher returns on sale experienced by diversified companies.

Presents information on the problems plaguing the newspaper publishers in the United Kingdom as a result of quality values. Effect of rise in the cost of newsprint on publishing companies; Squeeze in the profit margins by newsprint costs and reduced revenue; Indications from companies to return to the chasing of market share; Information on companies affected and actions taken.

In this article, the author discusses a paper which revisited the paradox of thrift, an idea that was popularized by British economist John Maynard Keynes in the 1930s. The paper "Engineering a Paradox of Thrift Recession," authored by Minneapolis Fed economists Zhen Huo and José-Victor Rios-Rull and published in Minneapolis Fed Staff Report 478 online at minneapolisfed.org, is referenced. The article also discusses the economic model that was examined by two researchers.

Looks at the economic aspects of newspaper publishing in the United States. Newsprint supplier Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. to raise the price of standard newsprint in October 1999; Price dependent on the recuperation of East Asian markets; Abitibi move part of strategy to take high-cost capacity out of the system.

The article discusses the efforts of three entities, the Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD) of Vermont, the Martin's Farm composting site in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and the commercial waste hauler Triple T Trucking, to simultaneously lower costs and increase the efficiencies of commercial organic recycling. Topics include diverting nonrecyclable paper and cardboard to composting, food waste composting, and dual stream materials recovery. Also discussed is old corrugated cardboard (OCC) recovery. INSETS: VERMONT'S SOLID WASTE VISION;SUBSIDIZED ORGANICS COLLECTION.

The article discusses how a desire to contribute to the green movement by supporting environmentally friendly compact disc (CD) packaging at record labels has been hampered by a weak economy. Major record labels say progress on offering more sustainable packaging has remained flat due to financial concerns. Problems related to making eco-friendly CD packages compatible with automated distribution systems and machinery designed for plastic jewel cases are discussed.

The article reports on the advertisement spending of consumer magazines. According to the author, advertisers will be negatively affected by the automotive industry and positively by the pharmaceutical industry. Marketing research companies Zenith Optimedia Group, Veronis Suhler Stevenson LLC, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP all project different advertising growth rates. While the publishers have been affected by the failures of several titles, the internet is expected to increase purchases.

Reports on the awarding of a Legal Defense Fund grant to the `Independent Florida Alligator' student newspaper by the Society of Professional Journalists to aid its attempts to overturn a Florida law passed on March 29, 2001 in response to the death of race car driver Dale Earnhardt. Overview of the Florida law; Challenge to the constitutionality of the law.

Deals with the continuing fall of newspaper readership in the United States in 1999. Advertising revenue of the newspaper industry in 1998; Result of the Competitive Media Index; Details on the industry's marketing initiatives; Function on the Newspaper Readership Project at Northwestern University's Newspaper Management Center.

The one task a new government can take up is to inform all political actors and adversaries about the economic catastrophe which Pakistanis are about to face, and to make them work towards a shared consensus on economic direction. The widening fiscal gap jacked up interest rates on local government papers above the 13pc psychological barrier understandably when perhaps for the first time the government of Pakistan is doling out a significant amount of public money to large populations to run their cars and buses at cheaper petrol and diesel rates. The economic crisis is so deep that drastic measures will be made, which will result in further inflation, much higher petrol and electricity rates, a dollar closer to Rs200, and a higher interest rate. [Extracted from the article]

Reports that the periodical, `Afro-American-Planet,' has closed due to rising newsprint costs and lack of advertising. Number of employees; Competitor; History.

Reports that the Detroit Newspapers company in Michigan has agreed to accept donations from the Detroit joint-operating agency for police expenses related to the newspaper strike. Figures on donation.

Reports on worsening revenues of Japanese newspapers. Recession in 1993; Closure of small newspapers; Stagnant circulation; Declining advertising and profits; Report from the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association; Cost cutting.

Reports that the Coalition of Minority-Owned Publications will ask the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether African-American and Hispanic newspapers are getting a fair share of advertising from the federal government. Groups which make up the Coalition; Government spending on advertising to increase; Coalition targeting advertising agencies; Agencies handling government contracts.

States that ad agencies are getting blunt about telling the TV networks that advertisers' sports budgets aren't bottomless. Leo Burnett USA's concern that increasing broadcast rights fees for sporting events have pushed ad rates as far as they can go; Comment by Dick Hobbs, exec VP at Leo Burnett; Other comments.

Information about several papers discussed at the 10th annual forum of the Gulf Petrochemical and Chemical Association (GPCA) held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) in November 2015 is presented. Topics include the challenges encountered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), outlook for the worldwide petrochemicals sector, and effects of low oil price to the oil and gas companies. The forum featured several speakers including Yousef Al Benyan, Nizar Al Adsani, and Rashed Sau Al Shamsi.

Presents a summary of six papers presented at a conference on "Interest Rates and Monetary Policy" held at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on March 19 and 20, 2004. Term of the structure of interest rates and how it interacts with macroeconomic fundamentals; Model estimation on high-volatility regime that tends to be associated with economic downturns; Use of the dynamic New Keynesian model for constructing and evaluating monetary policy rules.