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NewsBeat:Daily News 11/13/2001



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FOEX NBSK moving closer to $470/tonne; U.S. newsprint drops more ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2098&_UserReference=9E448C79DB1F17163BF270B2#story15306>...) 
Columbia Forest Products to cut back production at Mellen, Wisc. veneer plant ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2098&_UserReference=9E448C79DB1F17163BF270B2#story15324>...) 
Ontario producers push for province-specific softwood lumber agreements ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2098&_UserReference=9E448C79DB1F17163BF270B2#story15327>...) 
LP taking rolling downtime at most of its OSB and plywood plants ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2098&_UserReference=9E448C79DB1F17163BF270B2#story15313>...) 
Mercer International sees 98% drop in 3Q net income y.o.y. on tumbling pulp prices ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2098&_UserReference=9E448C79DB1F17163BF270B2#story15289>...) 
American Furniture Manufacturers Assn. forecasts 7% sales gain in 2002 ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2098&_UserReference=9E448C79DB1F17163BF270B2#story15290>...) 
Home Depot opens 114 outlets in last 6 months; 49 more in next 90 days ( More <http://www.forestweb.com/digest/news.control.taf?_section=view&_function=detail&EDITION_ID=2098&_UserReference=9E448C79DB1F17163BF270B2#story15296>...) 


FOEX NBSK moving closer to $470/tonne; U.S. newsprint drops more

11/13/2001 09:17:44, Forestweb 


SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13, 2001 (Forestweb) --- The PIX price of northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) in Europe has moved up by $2.29/tonne to $467.72/tonne in the past week, according to FOEX I...
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Columbia Forest Products to cut back production at Mellen, Wisc. veneer plant

11/13/2001 15:19:54, Forestweb 


Nov. 13, 2001 (Forestweb and press reports) - In a statement released last Thursday, Columbia Forest Products announced production cutbacks and the temporary layoff of at least half of its 310 workers at its veneer plant in Mellen, Wisconsin. ...
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Ontario producers push for province-specific softwood lumber agreements

11/13/2001 17:02:05, Forestweb 


By Linda K. Barr, Forestweb 

PORT ORCHARD, Wash., Nov. 13, 2001 (Forestweb) - The lumber industry of Ontario, Canada, together with the province's trade minister, said today in a statement that th...
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LP taking rolling downtime at most of its OSB and plywood plants

11/13/2001 10:10:07, BW 


PORTLAND, Ore., Nov 13, 2001 (Business Wire/press release) -- Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) (NYSE:LPX) announced today that the company will be taking downtime at most of its North American oriented strand board (OSB) and plywood facilities to adjust production to customer demand and perform routine year-end maintenance. ...
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Mercer International sees 98% drop in 3Q net income y.o.y. on tumbling pulp prices

11/13/2001 03:26:39, BW 


ZURICH, Nov. 13, 2001 (press release) -- Mercer International Inc. (Nasdaq:MERCS, Easdaq:MERC GR) today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001. 

For the 2001 third quart...
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American Furniture Manufacturers Assn. forecasts 7% sales gain in 2002

11/13/2001 03:56:25, Press Release 


HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 6, 2001 (press release) -- Wholesale furniture shipments are expected to drop 12.8% this year, followed by a quick rebound early next year that will curtail the current recession and post a 7.2% gain in shipments for 2002, according to the newly revised forecast released by the American Furniture Manufacturers Association today....
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Home Depot opens 114 outlets in last 6 months; 49 more in next 90 days

11/13/2001 07:36:27, Forestweb 


ATLANTA, Nov., 13, 2001 (Forestweb, from Home Depot online) -- The Home Depot, the world's largest home improvement retailer, has opened 114 new Home Depot, Expo Design Center, and Villager's Hardware stores in the last six months alone. All but six of the stories are in the United States; the rest are located in Canada....
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