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Profiles Robert Spizman, an S&G Packaging bagging trainer who visits stores in an attempt to sell them on the use of a paper bag over the cheaper plastic bag. The 1998 and 1982 figures showing the market share loss for the paper bag industry; Customer preference for paper bags; Positive features of the paper bag; Stores Spizman has visited; His strategy; Specific supermarket chains; Statistics.

Contends that the paper and forest-products industry in the United States is expected to post poor first-quarter results. Factors contributing to the country's poor performance; Views of analysts about the industry's performance; UBS Securities' expectations of first-quarter earnings; Activities of pulp and paper producers; Anticipated earnings of other companies in the paper industry.

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.

Reports in the increase in the 1999 third quarter profit of forest-products company International Paper Co. Net income of the company; Factors which affected the company's income; Business aspects of the company where the largest gains came from.

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.

The article discusses U.S. newspapers implementing so-called paywalls, which require customers to pay for web site content, particularly the policy of Tribune Co.'s "Los Angeles Times," as of March 5, 2012.

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.

The article cites a financial analysis conducted by the newspaper that revealed that several large U.S. multinational companies added jobs faster than other U.S. employers between 2009 and 2011. According to the article, companies such as retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc., paper company International Paper Co., and parcel delivery company United Parcel Service Inc. increased employment by 3.1 percent during the time period, and that almost 75 percent of the new jobs were filled outside of the U.S.

The article discusses the envelope manufacturing industry in the U.S. as of June 10, 2013, with a focus on NE Opco Inc., which does business under its former name National Envelope, and how it expects to file for bankruptcy for the second time in three years. Topics include the role electronic mail (email) has in reducing demand for envelopes, the decline of physical mail industries, and how paper industries are adjusting to Internet services.

The article discusses discord at French periodical "Charlie Hebdo." The publication's circulation and revenue have soared following a January 2015 terrorist attack that killed several staff members at its Paris, France offices. Employees want the paper's two surviving shareholders including editor Laurent Sourisseau to give up their shares and make the company a cooperative, a move Sourisseau has resisted.

The article discusses how the consumer goods company Procter & Gamble has increased its production of products for adults with incontinence such as adult diapers in part due to the declining birth rate in the U.S. Topics include how people spend more money over time on incontinence products than on baby diapers, how while births are flat the aging U.S. population is increasing, and how others such as toy maker Hasbro Inc. are catering to the elderly.

Discusses the apparent change in philosophy of the founder of the "efficient market hypothesis," Eugene Fama, admitting that individual behavior of investors can have an effect. Conference held at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business during which Fama presented a paper which suggested that poor investors could lead the market astray; Description of "efficient market hypothesis," and the "behaviorist" school of economic thought which is supported by Richard Thaler; View that the paper presented by Fama was a major concession; Implications of the concession on public policy.

The article examines food waste by U.S. consumers. Research estimating that a U.S. family of four purchases between $500-$2000 of food annually that is never consumed is considered, and it is noted that food is the second largest category of waste material after paper and paperboard products. Efforts by cooks and nutritionists to encourage the use of leftovers as meals are discussed.

Looks at how British newspaper publishers are including millions of free music compact discs and movie DVDs inside their newspapers. Reports that the marketing tactic has proved successful in attracting readers, at least in the short term; Sales statistics for "The Sun"; Overview of top selling newspaper days with major news events; Discussion of how the papers have used the CD/DVD strategy for several years; Decrease in overall newspaper circulation.

The article reports that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic institution released a paper and presented a speech that emphasized the negative economic and political impact of increasing income inequality across the world as of March 14, 2014.

States that corporate America is trying to persuade the George W. Bush administration to abandon the strong-dollar policy. Efforts of John T. Dillon, International Paper Co.'s chief executive and head of the Business Roundtable, to convince United States Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill that the dollar should not be propped up; View of Dillon that the dollar's strength against the euro and yen makes it difficult for U.S. companies to compete with imports and in foreign markets.

Reports that many economically sensitive stocks have not made money for three years. Speculation on why cyclical stocks are stuck, despite strong economic growth; Example of Honeywell International stock prices falling to the same levels it first topped in 1996; Why International Paper is trading at the same levels it was at in 1991; Ideas on how business spending has been concentrated on productivity-boosting, cost-cutting technology; Influence of low demand for basic commodities.

Focuses on the effect of oil prices on inflation in the United States. Details of a paper by macroeconomist Mark Hooker, which concludes that since 1980, changes in oil prices affect inflation only in proportion to oil's share of the inflation indexes; Suggestion that the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy is less accommodating to oil price shocks than it was before 1980; The notion that a nation can still grow without inflation amid high oil prices.

Focuses on a paper by economic historian J. Bradford De Long of the University of California at Berkeley and law professor A. Michael Froomkin of the University of Miami on the principles of market economics detailed by Scottish philosopher Adam Smith in 1776. Problems with fitting economic thinking of the late 18th century into the 21st century; How technology has affected economics.

Describes the strategy of Celulosa Arauco and Constitucion SA, one of the world's largest producers of cellulose, the raw material for paper, in helping Chile prosper amid low export prices. Plans of Arauco to invest in a new pulp mill; Priority of forestry at Arauco's parent company, Cia. de Petroleos de Chile SA.

Reports on the financial problems of Daewoo Group and its implications to the economy of South Korea. How the debt problem of Daewoo affected the stock market; Extension of the payment deadlines on bonds and commercial papers issued by Daewoo; Support of investment-trust companies for Daewoo.

Discusses the outlandishp price tags on the ultimate Christmas gift in 1996 as catalog companies compete for attention. The Million Dollar Miracle Bra, in the Victoria Secret Catalog, modeled by Claudia Schiffer; The pair of Mercedes-Benz convertibles offred by Saks Fifth Avenue; Profits of catalog sales toned down by the high cost of paper and postage in 1995; Threats by big-name retailers mailing out their own catalogs.

Reveals that executives at gold-mining firms sold shares, exercised options or filed papers to do so after gold prices hit their highest level in many years in 1996. Actions which suggest that the high price may not last; Gold prices above the pivotal $400 mark; Companies that there has been no selling at.

Reports expectation of catalog companies to benefit from an upswing in sales during autumn and winter 1994. Sending of more catalogs to households in summer; Boost in number of mailings during spring, according to survey by Direct Marketing Association; Survey's findings of response rates; Rising paper prices pushing cost up; Earnings estimates of various catalog companies; Strategies of catalog companies for holiday season.

Reports on the Indian government's policy paper for economic development after the 1996 national elections. Goals of the program; Estimated amount of foreign investment needed by the country for development; Economic performance by India for 1995; Plans for the country's fiscal deficit.

Reports on the ruling Communist Party's plans for Vietnam's state-dominated economy. Draft report prepared for the party's 1996 policy-setting national congress; Market-oriented reforms planned; Pervasiveness of government influence in Vietnam's economy; Warning against attempts to destabilize the government; Paper's focus on economic goals.

Reports on the decline in the wholesale prices of goods in the United States as a result of lightening inflation pressures. Percentage decline of finished and semi-finished goods; Stable prices of paper; Effect of low inflation on company earnings.

Discusses an international banking move away from gold as an anchor of monetary systems. Younger investors' confidence in stocks and paper assets in face of older investors' confidence in gold; Possibility that gold will return to favor if faith in governments' ability to handle inflation recedes, the dollar weakens and the stock market cools.

Examines the reasons for the slump in the United States high-technology industry. Slowdown in the larger economy; Big customers' cutbacks in their purchase of high technology after a decade of buying; Drop in computer prices.