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The article presents the discussion on modern history of adult social care littering with the carcases of long-forgotten white papers offering a sufficient and sustainable multi-year funding deal.

Describes the financial status of the lumber and paper industries in the United States as of December 2, 1996. Financial performance of selected lumber and paper companies; Financial projections for 1996 and 1997; Role of environmental challenges on the industries' recession.

Reports on budget cuts at the American Forest & Paper Association (AFPA) in the wake of an organizational review. Redundant staff left over from the 1993 merger of the National Forest Products Association with the American Paper Institute; AFPA's 1996 budget; Doubts concerning the AFPA's annual Paper Week in 1997; Feeling among AFPA members that the event has outlived its usefulness.

Reports on the operations and financial performance of Consolidated Paper Industries. Earnings; Company history; Prices of paper.

Focuses on the stock market performance of Fletcher Challenge and Carter Holt Harvey, the main paper and pulp commodity shares for Australians, in 1995. Trading prices; Impact of the market weakness; Factors that contributed to pulp and paper price slump; Potentially significant buying opportunity in pulp and paper shares in 1996; Expansion of in paper manufacturing capacity; Seasonal downturn and overstocking.

Describes the effort of Hercules Chemical to regain strength as of September 2005 after facing difficult financial straits in the past seven years. Financial goals of the company; Comment from Hercules CEO Craig A. Rogerson, about the condition of the paper chemicals market; Interest of Hercules in boosting its position in methyl cellulose.

The article examines newspapers which have installed user charges for access to their Web sites. Smaller community newspapers have had some success in placing so-called pay walls around content, which is encouraging larger newspapers to consider doing so. It is noted that small newspapers suffered a smaller percentage of decline in circulation in the six months ending March, 2010 than did larger ones.

The article focuses on a decrease in newspaper advertising which is being seen in the United States. A discussion of the factors which have led to the decline, including a decline in newspaper circulation, and layoffs of newspaper staff members, is presented. Newspaper advertising's future in the country is discussed.

Reports that the Iowa Telecommunications Service has given up a new kind of financial security as a potential avenue for funding. Offer of a traditional initial public offering; Filing of IDS; Management of balance sheets.

Mentions that Golden Books' senior notes were downgraded by Moody's. Failure to pay interest when due.

Discloses plans for Amcor's paper manufacturing arm, PaperlinX, to be floated as a separate business in April 2000. Managing Director Ian Wightwick's priorities for the company; Analysts' assessment of PaperlinX's float prospects; PaperlinX's share of the Australian marker for office paper; Company profits and operations.

Focuses on the Newspaper Association of America's (NAA) `Big Ideas for Smaller Market Newspapers' session at its annual conventions. Newspaper `Macon Telegraph' as the 1996 overall revenue winner, with their coupon book that generated $230,000 in plus revenue; Moneymaking ideas of other newspapers.

Reports that the high prices of newsprint has forced the `The Daily Californian' newspaper to cancel its Saturday and Monday editions, and eliminate national and international news.

Reviews the financial performance of New Zealand's two big pulp and paper groups, Carter Holt Harvey and Fletcher Challenge. Share price performance of the Fletcher Challenge's forestry interests; Year when the division's profit potential would be realized; Comparison between the performance of Carter Holt Harvey and the All Ordinaries Index.

Offers a look at Nalco Chemical company's acquisition of the pulp and paper enzyme business of Ciba Specialty Chemicals company. Provisions in the acquisition in terms of Ciba's plants and employees; How Nalco has entered into a long-term alliance with Genencor International company.

The article focuses on the policy of the U.S. and support for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) research and development (R&D), which have been explored in a paper by Eric Wachsman and colleagues. It states that the paper stress the imprudence of the U.S. Congress and the administration if they cancel support by halting funds for the Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA). It discusses the arguments presented by Wachsman and colleagues on the benefits of SOFC.

The author offers opinions on "The New York Times" newspaper. A contradiction is said to exist in the editing of the journalism in the newspaper in which it has expressed support in its editorials for the Occupy Wall Street protest movement, yet at the same time has increased journalism on and advertising of luxuries to appeal to the audience of rich people which Occupy Wall Street opposes for its own financial motives.,

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article in the August 17, 2011 issue that was concerned with the budget of Great Britain's National Health Service.

The author offers opinions on journalism. Television commentator Bill O'Reilly of Fox News is criticized for saying that newspapers are struggling financially due to their liberal editorial opinions. The author points out that just as many newspapers with conservative editorial policies are struggling as well.

The author offers opinions on journalism. Television commentator Bill O'Reilly is criticized for stating that the financial difficulties of newspapers are due to the liberal editorials published by many of them. The author points out that newspapers with conservative editorial policies are also in financial difficulty.

Reports that Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd. has announced an increase in its net profit for 2003-2004.

The article reports that efforts by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to have researchers who are paid by public funds to deposit copies of their final papers in PubMed Central has been blocked by publishers lobbying on behalf of copyright laws. The NIH is attempting to guarantee that the granting to public-funded research should be contingent upon the granting of rights to give the public access to the resulting research papers.

Reports on the financial performance of Thomson Corp. and its Thomson Newspapers Corp. segment in the first quarter of 1997.

Presents programs and strategies aimed at improving the financial viability of newspaper publishing in the United States. Introduction of the solutions at the 1997 meeting of the Newspaper Association of America; Programs include the Easy-to-Read Telephone Directory; Section tying family histories introduced by the `Midland Daily News.'

Reports on the `Dallas Morning News' newspaper's record fund raising in Dallas, Texas in 1996.

Focuses on the financial performance of Hearst Corp. and its newspaper, entertainment and syndicate groups for 1996. Earnings from electronic and print media; New media developments.

Reports on the United States newspaper industry's reaction to the impending merger between Bloomingdale's parent company Federated Department Stores Inc. and R.H. Macy & Company. Clout in merchandising and media buying; Corporate spending of two companies in 1993; Benefits of the deal for both companies; Opportunities for competing retailers as a result of the merger. INSET: Federated faces store overlap..

Reports on Smith Corona's filing for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy code due to its inability to compete in a market flooded by cheap personal computers. Typewriters as obsolete machines.

Focuses on the coverage of the 1994 Investment Funds Association conference in Sydney, Australia by the `Australian Financial Review.' Story on the first day of the conference; Justification for the annual salaries of fund managers; Topics of conversation at the conference.

Reports on Delta Air Lines Inc.'s secured asset-backed facility that will allow the company to sell receivables in return for investment-grade commercial paper or medium-term notes. Financial value of the facility; Agreement with NationsBanc Capital Markets Inc. and Capital Markets Assurance Corp.; Short-term ratings of the paper.

Se presenta la versión en español del artículo "Estimating models of financial market behavior during periods of extensive structural reform: the experience of Chile", escrito por Donald J. Mathieson y publicado en "IMF Staff Papers". Se tratan de los modelos estimativos del comportamiento del mercado financiero en periodos de amplia reforma estructural y se enfoca en el caso de Chile. Se examina cómo ha respondido la inflación, la balanza de pagos y los mercados financieros a la apertura de la economía dentro de un marco congruente con la estructura de programación financiera.

Discusses Japan Defense Agency's 1994 Defense White Paper which poses questions regarding Japan's own defense spending in light of North Korea's political stability and its development of the 600-mile range Rodong-1 ballistic missile. Assessment of North Korea's weapons; Call for greater defense research and development for the Japanese military; Possible change in balance of power in the Northeast Asian region.

The article reports on the financial assistance given to four Pennsylvania companies to increase their use of recycled materials. It is stated that the grants are given to businesses that manufacture a product or reuse it with a recyclable material. It notes grants received by Team Ten LLC to have bleaching systems and the Chambersburg Waste Paper Co. Inc. to purchase a fiber shredder. It also mentions the other grantees, which will increase their use of postconsumer recycled plastic.

Information about several papers discussed at the symposium "Dollars and Dirt: A Goodwin Procter Symposium on Infrastructure Development and Financing Opportunities," which was held on September 30, 2009 is presented. Topics include the infrastructure opportunities and the financing infrastructure in California. In the symposium, treasurer William Lockyer stated that neglecting the infrastructure investments in the past is creating a burden on the current infrastructure in California.

The article focuses on the possibility that the proposed sales of U.S. newspapers will push through in 2010 after they were halted in 2009. According to a broker, New York Times Co. was dismayed with the low sale offers for the periodical "The Boston Globe," which it acquired for about 1.1 billion dollars in 1993. It states the likelihood that publishers will put community papers in the merger and acquisition (M&A) market. It is said that the financing poses the major barrier to the M&A of newspapers.

Presents a summary of the papers presented at the conference on "Emerging Markets and Macroeconomic Volatility: Lessons From a Decade of Financial Debacles" held at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on June 4-5, 2004. Series of major macroeconomic crises in emerging market economies; Analysis of the causes and consequences of these volatile events; Question on how the U.S. government policies can address the problems.

Summarizes papers presented at the 'Finance and Microeconomics' conference held at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on February 28 and March 1, 2003, under the joint sponsorship of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Dynamics of corporate earnings; Stock market reactions to Federal Reserve policy; Analysis of the yield curve and gross domestic product growth; Exchange rates and fundamentals.

Reports business developments related to the newspaper publishing in the United States as of August 2001. Decline of revenues in advertising; Acquisition of Geac Publishing Systems and Harris Publishing Systems by managers Bernard Grinberg and Phil Lowe in Florida; Reduction of newsprint usage by US dailies.

Summarizes the papers and discussion at a conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on March 1, 1996 under the joint sponsorship of the bank and Stanford University's Center for Economic Policy Research. Liquidity effect; Measuring policy innovations; Collapse of the Mexican peso; Compensating for the loss an instrument; Uncertainty about policy.

Reports on the sale of Thomson Newspapers Corp.'s smaller dailies on January 19, 1995. Average circulation of the papers targeted for sale; Core strategy of clustering papers; Decline in profit; Displacement of small departments by giant retailers.

The article reflects on how to apply for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2017. Topics discussed include completion of a paper BP5 form; read the "Basic Payment Scheme: Rules for 2017" when applying for new entitlements as a young farmer or the young farmer payment with British Rural Payments Agency; and check the online maps of land on the Rural Payments service.

The article reports on the support given by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) to the editors of the Montclair State University student publication, "The Montclarion." It states that The Montclarion's funding was deferred for 30 days by the university's student government association (SGA) when the paper refused to disclose its communications with an attorney about their rights and began criticizing the SGA for its alleged actions behind closed doors. The SPJ stated in its letter that the SGA attempted to stop the printing of the paper and brought negative publicity to the University.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium held November 2012 that was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa is presented. Topics include scientfic research, financial limits for the scholarly literature and higher education system in South Africa. It further informs that the participants argued on the obstacle to open access of research.

The article focuses on the paper products company Kimberly-Clark Corp. In contrast to its rivals, the company has changed its product and marketing mix to place more emphasis on its premium brand name products rather than so-called "value" or lower-priced products. The strategy has resulted in lower market share, but stronger revenue and profits.

This article reports on the investment pool panic in Florida. Cities and counties have used the state's Local Government Investment Pool (LGIP) to magnify returns on their savings. However, in November 2007, investors ran to withdraw money from the pool after learning that a portion of its portfolio is comprised of asset-backed commercial paper supported by subprime home loans. The Florida State Board of Administration (SBA) officials closed the fund to withdrawals and called an outside consultant to repair the damage.

Reports on the funds received by the French-language daily `Le Devior' from various organizations in Canada to help the paper in its financial crisis. Amount provided by Quebec Federation of Labor, Desjardins credit union and private investors; Le Devior's request to readers to subscribe, advertise and become shareholders in the paper.

Reports on the million dollar loss experienced by Minproc Engineers in 1995. Period when loss was experienced; Amount of money lossed; Causes for the loss; When was the loss announced; Publication of `Diversity-The Key to Prosperity for an International Service Company'; Who presented the paper; What was the topic of the paper.

The article reports that some farmers are expected to make a last-minute filing of common agricultural policy (CAP) Basic Payment applications, with eligible farmers in England due to start their Basic Payment Scheme paper form applications.

The article discusses a proposed flat-rate system of payments for basic payment scheme which is supposed to be introduced in Wales. It states that the consultation paper of scheme has outlined several criteria including inclusion of the flat-rate system in which an indicative payment rate will be provided to framers and mentions that a number of farmers would get paid more that Single Payment Scheme. Comments from Wales' farm minister Rebecca Evans regarding the payment system are presented.

Focuses on newspaper bureaus as the first place where budgets have to be cut when a newspaper's budget is tightened. Challenges faced by editors when budgets are minimal; Other factors that cause tight budgets; Bureaus not a necessity when the paper does not focus as much on state or national news; Approaches taken by newspapers to bureau coverage.