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TUESDAY, Nov. 27, 2001 

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HEADLINES AT A GLANCE: 
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* NBSK price barely flickers on FOEX index 
* Printing/writing papers' prices level off
* Thai producers feel the impact of the slowing economy in the 3rd quarter
* Mercer spin-off MFC Bancorp forms partnership with Austria's Hovis
* China's Nanning Phoenix to branch out into paper production
* Report: Urban sprawl, not chip mills, threatening forests in the South
* Industrieholding Cham makes cutbacks following specialty paper division losses

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TODAY'S TOP STORIES: 

NBSK price barely flickers on FOEX index 

BRUSSELS, Nov. 27, 2001 - The pace of change of pulp 
prices has slowed down according to Finland's FOEX 
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Printing/writing papers' prices level off

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26, 2001 - November prices reflect 
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Thai producers feel the impact of the slowing economy in the 3rd quarter

SINGAPORE, Nov. 27, 2001 - The slowing global economy 
has negatively impacted the financial results of 
Thailand's pulp and paper industry, causing most 
producers to suffer lower sales in the third quarter 
ended Sept. 30, compared to the year earlier.
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Mercer spin-off MFC Bancorp forms partnership with Austria's Hovis

BRUSSELS, Nov. 27, 2001 - The financial services 
company, MFC Bancorp, has acquired a majority 
interest in Hovis of Austria. 
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China's Nanning Phoenix to branch out into paper production

SINGAPORE, Nov. 27, 2001 - The Chinese market pulp 
producer, Nanning Phoenix Pulp & Paper, plans 
to diversify into paper production and is looking 
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Report: Urban sprawl, not chip mills, threatening forests in the South

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 27, 2001 - Environmental groups' 
campaign against the pulp and paper industry was 
dealt a blow on Monday when the Federal Government 
released its long awaited Southern Forest Resources 
Assessment (SFRA). 
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Industrieholding Cham makes cutbacks following specialty paper division losses

ZURICH, Nov. 27, 2001 - Industrieholding Cham will 
have to record a negative consolidated result for 
the year 2001. 
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LAST WEEK'S TOP STORIES
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