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The article reports on the plan of the National Bank of Canada to buy nearly 2 billion Canadian dollars worth of asset-backed commercial paper held by its mutual funds and individual and corporate investors. The bank decided to make the offer rather than be forced to suspend redemptions or book losses in its money-market funds according to chief executive Louis Vachon. The move helped reassure clients and eliminate uncertainty about its asset-backed commercial paper according to analysts.

The article discusses controversy in Canada over polymer-based paper currency that has been introduced since 2011. Some have complained that the bills stick together, don't work well in vending machines, and are prone to melt near heat. Others aren't pleased that the maple leaf appearing on the new 20-dollar bill depicts an invasive Norway maple.

The author reflects on a North American trade war over a substance called black liquor caused by the unrelenting efforts of the U.S. Congress to rid the world of fossil fuel. It examines the implications of adding diesel to the paper production process for the U.S. paper industry. The author also explains an enduring cross-border subsidy war between the U.S. and Canada caused by a poorly written green provision in a federal highway bill.

The article reports that Canadian holders of nonbank asset-backed commercial paper have voted in favor of a restructuring plan. An estimated 30 billion Canadian dollars worth of these commercial paper are reportedly frozen. Judicial approval for the restructuring plan is required and a May 2, 2008 hearing is scheduled. According to the article, the Canadian plan may serve as a blueprint to help isolate and dispose of asset-backed commercial paper in the U.S.

Reports a three-year contract between Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd. and its unionized workers, ending a strike at its pulp and paper mills in British Columbia. Details about the strike and the settlement.

Reports plans of Kimberly-Clark Corp. to sell its pulp and newsprint businesses in Alabama and Ontario, Canada, for global expansion of consumer products. Implications of divesting pulp production for paper industry, with the 1992 example of P&G; Annual production capacities and employment of Kimberly-Clark mills in Alabama and Ontario; Kimberly-Clark's board decision on repurchase and use of shares.

Focuses on the impact of the Asian financial crisis on the pulp and paper industry in Canada. How the crisis affected George Weston Limited; Performance of paper and forest-products on the Toronto Stock Exchange; Speculation on the future of the pulp market for 1998.

Reveals that Weyerhaeuser Co. purchased a paper mill in Dryden, Ontario and other assets from Bowater Inc. Significance of the company's purchase of the paper mill.

Reports increase in newsprint output of Canada in September 1994 in comparison with year-earlier figure, according to Canadian Pulp and Paper Association. Details of the report.

Reports on the rise in the Canadian production of market pulp in April 1995 according to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association. Related statistics.

Reports rise in pulp production in Canada in December 1994 from a year earlier period, according to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association. Details of the results.

Quotes Canadian Pulp and Paper Association's report of an increase in Canada's market pulp production in November 1994. Statistics on volume of production, rate of capacity utilization, shipments and inventories.

Reports on the increase in the market-pulp or wood pulp shipments of Canada for May 1996 by 12 percent, that reflected stronger overseas demand, according to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association.

Reports on the decline in newsprint production in Canada for April 1996 according to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association. Statistics of output inventories.

The article reports that three Canadian paper providers, including Domtar Inc., pleaded guilty to conspiring to control prices for carbonless sheets in January 2006.

Reports on the practice of environmentalists to protect boreal forest territories in Canada from paper companies. Efforts to broaden protection of old-growth woodlands; Number of definitions of 'old-growth,' a designation which is applied by scientists to forests according to the age of trees, thickness of canopy, and amount of dead wood on the ground.

Reports that Stone-Consolidated Corp. will make investments to improve the quality and productivity of its paper mills in La Baie and Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.

Reports on the decline in newsprint output in Canada in July 1996. Operating capacity of Canadian mills; Decline in total shipments; Consumption by American daily newspapers; Decrease in consumers' inventories.

Reports that Canadian production of pulp fell three percent in July 1996 from a year earlier.

The article reports on the agreement reached to restructure about 32 billion Canadian dollars in commercial papers that had been in limbo since August 2007. The commercial papers had some problems because they were supported by combinations of corporate bonds, mortgages, credit card liabilities and automotive financing. It is cited that some of the assets that backed up the papers contain funds borrowed by issuers who were not financially stable. J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. gave advice in the restructuring negotiation.

Reports on the increase in Canadian production of newsprint in October 1994 as compared with 1993 figures. Data on the paper production.

Reports on the participation of Domtar Inc. in the movement for promoting green paper products in Montreal, Quebec.

States that unions representing workers at Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited's pulp and paper mills in British Columbia went on strike on July 14, 1997. Predictions of a long confrontation; Reasons for the strike.

Reports on the end of a strike by the union workers at MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.'s paper mill in Port Alberni, British Columbia in Canada.

Reports on the recommended rejection of a government-appointed mediator's settlement proposals by delegates representing 2,400 strikers at Fletcher Challenge Canada's pulp and paper mills in British Columbia. What was stated in the mediator's report which was issued during the week of February 12, 1998; Who Fletcher Canada is partly owned by; Fletcher Canada's evaluation of th ecomonic implications of the complex.

This article focuses on the issues faced by environmentalists and forest-product companies in Canada as of December 27, 2005.

Reports on efforts to sell newspapers in Toronto, Ontario. Fierce competition between the 'Globe and Mail,' 'The National Post,' 'The Toronto Sun' and 'The Toronto Star'; Beginnings of the competition when Conrad Black could not acquire the 'Globe and Mail' in 1998; Financial problems with all four newspapers, which have slashed prices and increased staff in attempts to compete.

Reports on the plans of the Canadian government regarding the restriction against foreign ownership of country's newspapers. Plans of Hollinger Inc. with its smaller newspapers; Opinion of Maude Barlow, head of the Council of Canada, on the plans of the Canadian Government.

Reports on the agreement of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and its striking Canadian workers to resume talks that has idled 10 of the South African newsprint company's 18 mills. Impact of the reduced output by Abitibi on newsprint prices; Schedule of centralized bargaining over monetary items.

Reports on the outcome of Canfor Corp.'s takeover bid for Slocan Forest Products Limited. Factors responsible for the outcome; Outline of Canfor's takeover battle; Slocan's reaction to the bid; Slocan's share repurchase plan.

Reports that the plans of Noranda Forest Inc. to sell its newsprint mill in MassonAngers, Quebec, have been put on hold. Comments by Noranda on the situation; Information on the mill.

Reports that most of Abitibi-Consolidated Incorporated's mills were closed as a result of the strike by the company's main Canadian union, Communications, Energy and Paperworks. Circumstances surrounding the strike; Impact of the strike on the newsprint capacity of the company; Remarks by Abitibi spokeswoman Susan Rogers.

Reports decline in the output of newsprint in Canada in July 1995, as announced by the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association.

Reports that Canadian manufacturers have experienced a drop in shipments and orders for October 1995. What analysts attributed the decline to; Effect of drop in demand for autos, pulp, paper and refined petroleum; Drop in shipments for paper industry; Anxiety of Canadians concerning future.

The article reports on the better-than-expected first-quarter earnings of three Canadian banks in 2009 despite increasing credit provisions and securities losses. There was a decline in net income of Royal Bank of Canada from 1.25 billion Canadian dollars in 2007 to 1.05 billion. The total charges of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for the first quarter was 1.36 Canadian dollars a share. Charges related to holding of asset-backed commercial paper are said to be reflected in the net income decline of National Bank of Canada.

The article reports the impact of volatile credit markets on Canadian banks. Income is declining as many banks have had to increase their provisions for bad debt. Banks and bank regulators have until Friday, May 30, 2008 to propose a restructuring of some $33 billion in short-term commercial paper.

The article reports that the decision of Canaccord Capital Inc. to repurchase the nonbank, asset-backed commercial-paper (ABCP) holdings of most of its retail clients may aid the planned overall structuring of the frozen 33 billion Canadian dollars nonbank ABCP market. It states that the offer of Canaccord to buy out more than 1,400 investors at par means that the restructuring, which was advanced by the Pan-Canadian Investors Committee, of short-term ABCP notes into longer-dated floating-rate notes will likely to proceed.

Focuses on how duct tape can be used as a fashion item and gives examples of formal wear made from the water-repellent tape. Description of the prom outfits of Emily Ewald and Michael Mace in Rochelle, Illinois for which they won a scholarship from Henkel Consumer Adhesives Inc.; Success of Joy and David Pippinger of Monument, Colorado in making a Ducti line of wallets and purses for the high-end accessories market; Theme for the 2003 Anchorage duct-tape ball, a charitable fundraiser in Alaska; Mention of Canadian duct-tape artist Todd Scott.

Presents news briefs about commerce and finance in South America as of October 1999. Lifting of antidumping duties against sugar and syrup from Canada by the United States Commerce Department; Features of the new debt paper of the Ecuador government; Implication of the revised agreement between Brazil and the International Monetary Fund on Brazil's Central Bank.

Reports on the rise in market pulp production in Canada during October 1994 from figures released by the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association. Statistics on total market shipments and Canadian producer inventories in October 1994.

Reports on the closure of its paper mill in British Columbia by MacMillan Bloedel Limited. Reasons.

Reports on the increase in Canadian newsprint for December. Percentage it rose to; Rise in shipments by Canadian producers; The total Canadian producer inventories.

Reports that Canadian newsprint mills' output rose in October, 1995. Rising of Canadian mill's inventories; Comments from Chip Dillon, of Salomon Brothers Incorporated, New York.

Informs about the charges levied by Canada's environment ministry on Noranda Forest Inc. for the violations of effluent regulations by the company's specialty-paper mill.

Reports on the output and capacity utilization of Canadian newsprint industry in the month of August 1995.

Reports on the operational capacity of the Canadian newsprint industry in June 1995. Statistics on sales and shipments.

Informs about the fall in the production of Canadian newsprint in April 1995.

Reports rise in the production of market pulp in Canada in March 1995 from a year earlier. Details about the report by the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association on the subject.

Reports on the rise in newsprint production in Canada in December 1994. Data on the increase.