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HEADLINES AT A GLANCE: 
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* Japan's paper and board producers see half-year net profits slashed
* Portucel privatization set for 1st quarter of next year
* Strike ends at Finch, Pruyn mill, unions accept company's contract offer
* Pactiv announces sale of single-faced corrugated business
* U.S. trade panel sets March 26th hearing on Canada lumber

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TODAY'S TOP STORIES: 

Japan's paper and board producers see half-year net profits slashed

SINGAPORE, Nov. 26, 2001 - Japan's pulp and paper 
companies have been adversely affected by the global 
economic slowdown. Producers faced decreased sales 
and in most cases, net profits plunged by double-digit 
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Portucel privatization set for 1st quarter of next year

OVAR, Portugal, Nov. 23, 2001 - The Portuguese government 
plans to sell 25% of Portucel in the first quarter of 2002.
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Strike ends at Finch, Pruyn mill, unions accept company's contract offer

NEW YORK Nov. 23, 2001 - Union employees at Finch, 
Pruyn & Co. in Glens Falls, N.Y., ended their 
five-month-old strike today, after reluctantly accepting 
a new five year contract offer from the company identical 
to one they rejected only a week before.
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Pactiv announces sale of single-faced corrugated business

LAKE FOREST, Ill. Nov. 26, 2001 - Pactiv Corporation 
today announced the sale of its single-faced corrugated 
business based in The Netherlands to Palm Industrie 
Beteiligungs GmbH Co. KG.
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U.S. trade panel sets March 26th hearing on Canada lumber

WASHINGTON, Nov 26, 2001 - The U.S. International Trade 
Commission announced it would hold a hearing on March 
26th as part of its investigation into whether Canada is 
unfairly dumping softwood lumber in the U.S. market.
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LAST WEEK'S TOP STORIES
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What stories hold the greatest interest for paperloop.com 
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3. Asian pulp market firms up and trading increases
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5. SCA makes more moves into US market with Encore Paper acquisition
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