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The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company said today that its second-quarter profit fell 4 percent because of weak demand in North America, Europe and Asia and the effects of the […]

The Boise Cascade Corporation said yesterday that it had proposed buying the 18.8 percent of the Boise Cascade Office Products Corporation it did not already own for $13.25 a share, [...]

As word spread here that someone perhaps the President -- had signed a contract to buy the Dutch Colonial that the Clintons toured on Saturday, a steady stream of cars […]

Fortune Brands Inc. said yesterday that it would move its corporate headquarters from Connecticut to Illinois and eliminate about 60 jobs in a downsizing expected to save about $25 million […]

LITTLE more than a decade ago, Ellis Verdi was making cold calls for accounts from his Upper East Side apartment, where he had started an advertising agency with an Apple […]

THE office products business -- once the province of mom-and-pop stationery stores -- is witnessing a high-profile consumer marketing war as the nation's three giant superstore companies battle for more […]

The Xerox Corporation is planning to reorganize its operations to take better advantage of the high-growth market for digital copiers, printers and other office products. Xerox is seeking to shift […]

LITTLE shops, once the backbone of Main Street in Westport, have almost disappeared. One of the last is Klein's, founded by a Hungarian-born entrepreneur named Henry Klein who took pride […]

WESTCHESTER'S first high-technology incubator, designed to nurture small companies in a supportive environment with reasonable rents and flexible lease terms, closed last month as a result of a pending court […]

The intensely competitive world of paper clips and other office supplies grew more so yesterday when Office Depot said it would acquire Viking Office Products for $3 billion in stock. […]

BT Office Products International Inc. said yesterday that its majority owner, N.V. Koninklijke KNP BT, would buy the 30 percent of BT Office it does not already own for $13.75 […]

VALVOLINE CO., Lexington, Ky., agreed to acquire privately held Eagle One Industries, of Carlsbad, Calif., a maker of premium car-care products, for undisclosed terms. N.V. KONINKLIJKE KNP BT, Amsterdam, a […]

The U.S. Office Products Company said yesterday that it would spin off four units to shareholders, buy back up to $1 billion of its stock and sell a $270 million […]

DILBERT, the character from the popular cartoon strip who has become the overworked, underappreciated poster boy of today's cubicle dweller, has a new employer. Dilbert will make his television debut […]

The U.S. Office Products Company said yesterday that it would buy Mail Boxes Etc. for almost $277 million in stock, based on Wednesday's closing price, to expand into retail services […]

Rubbermaid Inc. said yesterday that it would sell its office products division to the Newell Company for $246.5 million as part of a plan to focus on housewares and other […]

The Federal Trade Commission, acting over objections from some staff members, rejected today the proposed $4 billion merger of two office supply discounters, Staples Inc. and Office Depot Inc. The […]

In a closely watched investor-rights case, the shareholders of Wallace Computer Services Inc. voted yesterday against a proposal aimed at giving them ultimate say over whether the company was for […]

The U.S. Office Products Company said yesterday that it had agreed to buy a 49 percent stake in Dudley Stationery Ltd., a closely held British concern, for $79 million. It […]

The U.S. Office Products Company, an office products supplier, said yesterday that it planned to acquire 30 companies for a total of about $208 million in stock and $61 million […]

WHEN Staples recently announced a $3.4 billion stock swap to acquire Office Depot, many investors cheered. But if they turn their attention to another, far less familiar part of the […]

In a transaction that would create the nation's largest retailer of office supplies, Staples Inc. announced yesterday that it had agreed to acquire Office Depot in a stock swap valued […]

BT Office Products International Inc. has acquired three distributors of office products in Germany and four in the United States for a total of about $30 million. According to BT […]

From the window of his small stationery supply store at the Avenue of the Americas and 18th Street in Manhattan, Michael Jacobs saw his world transformed as giant retail stores, […]

Several retailers reported strong earnings for the first quarter today. But J. C. Penney continued to show weakness, posting its sixth consecutive quarterly drop in earnings. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the […]

W. H. Smith Group P.L.C. said yesterday that it would sell its office stationery unit to Guilbert S.A. for L142 million ($216 million). Guilbert, based in Senlis, France, distributes office […]

HOW can American business become more productive? Think paper clips. About 20 billion are sold each year, but studies suggest that only about 20 percent are used as intended. The […]

HOW can American business become more productive? Think paper clips. About 20 billion are sold each year, but studies suggest that only about 20 percent are used as intended. The […]

United Stationers Inc., a wholesaler of office supplies, said yesterday that it had signed a preliminary agreement to accept a takeover offer of $15 a share from Associated Stationers Inc., […]

The Kmart Corporation announced yesterday that it would sell a majority interest in three of its specialty store chains, a move that had been widely anticipated. But the company also […]

Hanson Industries, a unit of Hanson P.L.C. of London, said yesterday that it would sell its Hanson Office Products unit to Corporate Express Inc. for $162.5 million. It was the […]

DENNIS HARIGAN, a lawyer with the Bridgeport law firm of Harigan & Sanfilippo, recently settled a divorce case for a client -- and didn't charge a dime for it. Instead, […]

Adrian Gerstel likes Earth General, a Brooklyn store devoted to selling only such environmentally correct goods as nontoxic cleaners, energy-efficient light bulbs and biodegradable golf tees. But she is torn […]

AS small independent stores struggle to survive, national discount chains scramble to find new locations on Long Island in what they have discovered to be an extremely lucrative market. The […]

PATRICIA DeMARTE is reliable, hard working and bright, says her boss, Marian Randazzo, the general manager at Proftech Corporation, a wholesale office products and office furniture concern in Tarrytown, where […]

A SHIFT in retailing is under way in the county toward larger discount-store and warehouse shopping. There is also an increase in the number of smaller discount and outlet centers. […]

THERE'S Landmark and Lifemark, Goodmark and Gulfmark, Southmark and Torchmark. Is there room for another such name to make its mark? A bevy of advertising, communications and corporate identity companies […]

International The U.S., Canada and Mexico formally announced a free trade pact that will create a market of 370 million people producing $6 trillion worth of goods and services each […]

American Brands Inc. has appointed Donald S. Johnston president and chief operating officer of its American Tobacco Company, which sells such well-known cigarettes as Tareyton, Pall Mall and Carlton. The […]

STAPLES INC., the six-year-old office-supply chain, is growing rapidly. From 34 stores at the end of the 1990 fiscal year, it has 105 now, and intends to have 124 by […]

RESPONDING to rising competition in office equipment, Sharp Electronics will begin a series of futuristic ads on Thursday intended to sell products ranging from facsimile machines to copiers. The television […]

LEAD: In the haste to find new sources of income in slow times, Alex. Brown & Sons seems to have forgotten that on Wall Street, you are what you take […]

LEAD: IT was an unlikely scenario, but, as it turned out, the chemistry was right. Leonard Paul Cuozzo was an automobile salesman who tinkered with fragrances in his spare time […]

LEAD: COMPANIES are rushing to enter the office- supply business and the market has become so crowded that a shakeout is now deemed inevitable. COMPANIES are rushing to enter the […]