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In the article, the author discusses the benefits of paper or analogue technology as compared to digital technology. Also cited are how paper showed the limitations of digitalisation, the survey on the value of paper in decision making, the study on how paper can improve productivity by comparing the behaviours of users of paper calendars and digital calendars, and how paper appeals more to customers than digital products.

Reports on companies that are pioneering technologies for electronic paper and have prototypes at various stages of development in fall 2000. Details of the rigid indoor display board called Immedia by E Ink Corporation; History of electronic paper; Invention of Nick Sheridon of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) in California called Gyricon; Research at Kent Displays in Ohio on cholesteric liquid crystals; Outlook.

The article informs on a study published in the journal "Nature" by Michael Park and Russell Funk of the University of Minnesota, and Erin Leahey of the University of Arizona on decline in research papers and patents and its impact on science and technology in general. It mentions that citing older work, citing one's own work, and citing less diverse work all correlate with less disruption, along with the quality of published work.

The article discusses the discovery of Chileans on the payment of over the odds for toilet paper due to a cartel linking the dominant suppliers, CMPC, a Chilean multinational paper and pulp firm, and a smaller rival, in October 2015. The revelation has caused a stir in the country that involves CMPC's chairman Eliodoro Matte, the country's third-richest man. The role of the new breed of regulators in the capitalism in Latin America is also tackled.

The article reports that researchers at the New University of Lisbon have discovered a way to make paper into a transistor. Details about the research, conducted by professors Elvira Fortunato and Rodrigo Martins, among others, are presented. The important role that transistors play in electronics is also explored.

Suggests that despite the advent of electronic books, ever increasing information will be using more paper. Suggestion that the fastest growth in paper use came just as the personal computer was spreading in the 20th century; Challenge for the electronic book industry; The development of the second generation of electronic books by several companies and research laboratories.

The article reports on the Chinese paper company Nine Dragons Paper and its chairman, Cheung Yan. Cheung's talents and achievements are compared favorably with those of the famous 19th century industrialists. Her fortunes and those of her company, which is on track to become the largest papermaker in the world, are detailed.

Describes a battery created by Power Paper that is thin enough to be printed onto paper or packages using the conventional silkscreen process. Features of the battery, which uses layers of zinc and magnesium dioxide to produce a current strong enough to run microelectronic devices; Planned use of Power Paper batteries in International Paper's packaging; Other possible applications.

The article discusses research on how to turn randomness introduced by machinations into a fingerprint that is unique to any given sheet of paper. It references a study by Ehsan Toreini et al., published in the journal "Transactions on Privacy and Security." The study developed a technique that involves shining a light through a piece of paper from the back. The researchers hoped that the technique could help in reducing cases of fraud.

The article reports on the economic woes in Canada stemming from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, in the form of problems with asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market. This is part of the global tightening on short-term lending between banks. David Dodge, governor of the Bank of Canada, comments on the issue.

Presents information about the history of paper money, in light of the introduction of euro notes and coins on January 1, 2002. Prediction that the release of the money will cause problems such as long lines, confusion, exploitation of consumers, and forgery; Ways the European Central Bank will protect against forgery; Idea that forgery is become easier through technology.

The article discusses the function of folds, from child's play to spacecraft, by way of mathematics and mechanical engineering. Topics discussed include highlights of the International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education, Friedrich Froebel, the first person to suggest the systematic use of folding as a way of teaching geometry and Robert Lang, a former laser physicist greatest hits have been in formalising and building enthusiasm for the mathematics behind origami.

The article reports on the shortage of toilet paper in Taiwan due the plan of producers to increase prices by as much as 30 percent in March 2018.

Takes a look at the history of the invention of paper currency. John Palmstruch and the founding of the Stockholm Banco that issued bank notes in Sweden; Methods used to verify validity of the currency; Failure of the bank notes that become overvalued and the fate of Palmstruch; John Law and his patronage from the Banque Royale in France; The issue of credibility of paper currency; History of the growing use of paper to avoid metal as currency; Inflation.

The article reports on the stock market performance of India. It mentions that country's Nifty so and Sensex indices reached record highs at the end of November, and as to many fund managers desperate for diversification, India looks the most promising alternative. It also mentions that the central bank has been forced to raise interest rates in defence of the rupee impacting its domestic monetary policy.

This article discusses Japan's paper industry, which is beset by high prices for inputs, notably energy, and low prices for paper, which are kept down by foreign competition, chiefly from China. A merger was proposed between Japan's biggest paper company, Oji Paper, and Hokuetsu Paper Mills. Oji sees a merger as a chance to cut the industry's oversupply by allowing it to scrap its older papermaking machines and use Hokuetsu's newer ones, which not only also coat paper for items like tissue boxes.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "The lesson of the Panama papers" in the April 9, 2016 issue.

The article focuses on the effect of the rising newsprint costs on paper mills in 2021. Among the challenges encountered by the newsprint industry and paper mills are the reduction in pagination and decline in demand for newsprint. Some mills opted to diversify by converting printing machines to make packaging for electronic commerce. It cites the significance of a possible increase in the number of papers that will shut down in 2022 to market equilibrium.

The article reports that Northwestern University scientist Bartosz Grzybowski claims to have invented a kind of paper that is able to erase things that are written on it. The paper erases written messages by exposure to light, and can be reused without losing its abilities. He created this paper using nanotechnology.

Discusses the paper and pulp industry in Europe as of September 2001. Reasons for skepticism about investing in the paper and pulp business; Impact of new production methods on the business; Concentration of the industry through mergers such as Stora Enso and UPM-Kymmene; Details of UPM-Kymmene's Tervasaari mill at Valkeakoski near Helsinki, Finland.

Reports that every year America's treasury takes nearly $36 billion in old notes out of circulation. How some of this money is now returning as stationary; Recycling efforts engineered by the Massachusetts firm Crane & Company; Additional information and analysis.

Focuses on the United States commercial paper market, which is suffering from a contraction in the amount issued by financial and non-financial companies. Reasons for the decline in issues, including a reduction in borrowing needs; Credit risk of commercial paper; How the market works; How credit downgrades have pushed companies into the tier-two category of issuers.

Discusses progress towards the development of electronic paper. Study in which a flexible electronic page made of Mylar that used pentacene as a semiconductor, gold as wiring, and dielectric as an insulator; How this meets the challenge of cheap, flexible electronic components for electronic paper; Role of microcontact printing lithography; Outlook for this technology.

The article focuses on international law under which everyone is entitled to nationality and mentions people of Zimbabwe at risk of stateless according to refugee agency of United Nations (UN). Topics discussed include citizenship law passed in 1984 that made harder for people citizenship, need for Zimbabwean hospitals to record new births and enrollment of children without papers in school.

The article talks about plans and policies of Indian government to prevent the spread of Covid-19 virus' second wave. It mentions that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned against lockdowns and called instead for testing, isolating the infected and tracing their contacts; and government has also given special licence for work to continue on a project to overhaul the grand government buildings of the city centre.

The article offers information on the corruption allegations against government officials of Malta in the leaked documents of Panama Papers incident including Michelle Muscat, the wife of Malta's prime minister Joseph Muscat. Topics discussed include the claims made by Daphne Caruana Galizia, an anti-government blogger, Leyla Aliyeva, the daughter of the president of Azerbaijan, and the impact of this on Malta's reputation in the European Union.

Contends that Japan's struggling paper industry is as bloated and overmanned as any in America or Europe. Predictions from the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI); The number of new paper plants that have come on line just as demand has slumped.

The article examines a competition held by the trade association Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) for technological innovations to reduce the industry's carbon dioxide emissions and energy consumption. Proposals in the competition to use eutectic solvents, an organic substance to dissolve wood and to reduce water use in the industry are discussed. The competition is considered as an indication technological innovations can address greenhouse gas mitigation.

The article discusses the emergence of paperless offices and explores the attempts of Breedlove & Associates company to make their office paperless. Comments from company founder Stephanie Breedlove regarding her company's paperless efforts are provided. The generational differences of opinion on the usefulness of paper in offices is also explored.

This article reports on a long-running border dispute between Argentina and Uruguay, as it stood in late 2006. Argentina objected on environmental grounds to Uruguayan plans to construct 2 large paper-mills on the border between the 2 countries. The Spanish paper company that was going to build one of them announced that it would not and the article speculates that it had given way under Argentine pressure.

The article offers information on the rescuing newspaper business industry. It further discusses revenue from digital advertising has failed to offset the profit draining out of print; platforms such as Google and Facebook have become the new moguls of the media landscape; and the underlying economics of the global newspaper industry; and real failure is that papers have lost control of distribution to Google and Facebook, making it harder to monetise the traffic.

Discusses paper and pulp, one of the least glamorous but most volatile of all industries. Price, which fell in 1989-1993, now heading back to their former peaks. The rapid turnaround; Question of whether the cycle will repeat itself; Pulp pessimists; How firms should position themselves for the inevitable collapse.

The article explores how Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitization of government with adoption of online government services for everything from welfare to weddings with respect to the lockdown and preventive measure of social distancing. Topics include National Health Service remains among the world's biggest purchasers of fax machines; and plan to create a unified digital system of patients' records was abandoned almost a decade ago.

The article discusses reporting by the group Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) on purported links between offshore funds linked to Russian cellist Sergei Roldugin uncovered in the Panama papers document leak and alleged thefts uncovered by lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

The article discusses the responses to the release of the Panama papers, which contained information on political leaders' tax havens, arguing that tax information of politicians should remain private. An overview of the policy of transparency for tax information of Scandinavian politicians is provided.

The article reports on a group of small investors in Canada, many of them retired people, who organized to force some financial services companies to repay the investments they lost in asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP). Organizing via the social networking web site Facebook, they have also been able to influence government plans to restructure the ABCP market.

Focuses on the negative consequence of a reliance among United States companies on convertible bonds known as quasi-commercial paper. How they work; Growth of this market; Use of these bonds by Tyco International; Suggestion that the failure of this market resulted in financial restructuring of corporations.

Discusses Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), which is controlled by the Sinar Mas group conglomerate of Indonesia's Widjaja family. Concern of creditors of APP, which suspended debt payments; Appeal of APP to foreign investors; Outlook for the cases to be heard in Singapore's courts.

Discusses efforts to develop and implement electronic paper. Research and development efforts by a number of corporations; 1999 announcements of technological developments by Xerox, 3M, E Ink and Lucent; Two different technologies developed and their use of tiny plastic beads or capsules which are black on one side and white on the other; Benefits and drawbacks to both technologies; Uses for the technologies.

The article informs that drawing is a form of therapy for survivors of atrocities and a tool of justice. It mentions that the Sudanese government of President Omar al-Bashir has claimed that its forces had carried out only a limited counter-insurgency operation; and villagers are non-Arab, African groups (often Masalit), while their assailants come from the Nilotic Arab peoples and it was ethnic cleansing and, as the International Criminal Court (icc) was to rule.

The article discusses the failures of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's presidency. Topics covered include the money-laundering scandal involving the president's son, Flávio Bolsonaro, a rapid rise in the pace of deforestation of the Amazon, and the lack of progress in his fight against crime and corruption. Also mentioned is Bolsonaro's bystander role in the constitutional reform of the pension system.

Presents information on the U.S. paper industry. Details about the deal signed between Georgia-Pacific Corp. and Fort James Corp.; Apprehension that capital spending in the industry will fall below depreciation; Discussion of consolidation in the paper industry; Information on plans of Georgia-Pacific for its cash surplus.

Reports that America's International Paper, one of the country's giant paper makers, has decided to enter the European market. Plans and challenges.

The article informs on the marketing stratigies adopted by cigarette paper company, Rizla. It mentions that as smokers are trading down to rollyour- own cigarettes during the COVID-19 pandemic, sales growth in the longer term is expected to weaken. It also mentions that Rizla faces challenges ahead, notably the rise of upstarts that use less subtle social-media campaigns to build a new kind of cult following, especially among pot-smokers.

The article discusses decline in the use of carbon paper for typewriters and written receipts as of 2013, and mentions the use of carbon paper by New York police for evidence vouchers, in U.S. prisons for prisoners' letters, and by pigeon racers to record racing times.