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The article focuses on the status of the sorted office paper (SOP) grade in the recovered paper markets. It states that demand for SOP from developing countries has increased its prices. According to Mary Aldrich of MinnKota Recycling, export markets have been the major drivers for recycled paper demand. It also notes that market outlook for old newspapers (ONP) has been bleak, with the newspaper industry reporting a decrease in advertising and subscriptions print media.

The article focuses on increase in business investment in the U.S. in 1964 and its possible outcome. It mentions that spending expenditure has doubled to ten percent as compared to the last year. It highlights that investment in facilities to produce metals is expected to increase by twenty nine percent and paper manufacturing by twenty seven percent. It states that increase in spending by the companies may lead to inflation or increase in prices.

The article reports on the growth of the U.S. paper stock market in 2010. It is said that demand for old corrugated containers (OCC) is expected to rise further through the first half of 2011 due to orders from China. Market insiders say that OCC prices rose in the end of the year, a period when prices usually fall. A West Coast broker adds that one challenge is the lack of material to accommodate the demand, specifically old newspapers (ONP).

The article focuses on the concern of direct marketers on the postal increases overshadowing worries over the prices of printing materials. Chief operating officer Allen Abbott says that the price hike in printing materials is not a big concern as postage rates because the cost of commodity like paper goes up and down over time. According to the Postal Regulatory Commission, there is a potential for a 22% to 23% postage increase, since the standard mail flat category is not covering its costs.

The article reports on the increased prices for all grades of uncoated and coated recycled paperboard of Caraustar Industries Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia which will effective with shipments on March 19, 2007. Caraustar Industries' president and chief executive Michael Keough explained that they are not seeing spot pricing significantly above published market price lists for certain recovered prices.

The article comments on the increased prices for recovered papers in the U.S. In the West Coast, a number of readers have observed that prices have increased in a number of high grades in the cities of California such as Los Angeles and San Francisco. The author explained that "Official Board Markets" publishes price information from mills, packers and brokers provide.