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Reports on the tender offer of International Paper Company to buy Champion International Corporation in the United States. Worth of the International Paper's tender offer; Comparison on the terms of acquisition between International Paper and UPM-Kymmene Corporation; Revenues of International Paper in 1999.

The article reports on the increase of immigrant families in the U.S. that requests for birth certificates for the application of passports and dual citizenship.

Reports on the hindrances that have stalled the construction of a paper recycling mill, Bronx Community Paper Co. in the old Harlem Rail Yard. Situations that led to the indefinite postponement of the ground breaking ceremony; Suit filed by a Manhattan lawyer who objected to the mill in railroad yard; Withdrawal of two of the investors from the project; Other related details; Optimism and hopes of the partners of the project.

Reports the Kimberly-Clark Corporation's announcement on November 21, 1997, that it would dismiss workers and close plants. Numbers of workers and plants involved; Basis of the problems at Kimberly-Clark; Comments from company chairman Wayne Sanders and market analyst Kathryn McAuley.

Focuses on the regulation imposed by Maine, on toxic discharges of dioxin from paper mills into waterways, described as the toughest rules in the United States. Comments by officials on Maine's regulations; Aims of regulators; Circumstances surrounding the imposition of the regulations by Maine.

Reports that Scott Paper Company announced the biggest corporate restructuring in its history. Plans to lay off nearly a third of its work force by year's end, reduce corporate headquarters staff in Philadelphia by 70% and put its headquarters complex up for sale. Savings; Albert J. Dunlap, 57, chairman and chief executive for just four months; His intention of changing the company from a paper-products company to a consumer-products company.

The article discusses people who place liens on property in the U.S. in 2013 as part of the sovereign citizen anti-government movement, such as a couple in Minnesota who filed claims against a sheriff after their was lost to foreclosure in 2009. The U.S. Uniform Commercial Code, political violence in Nevada, and crimes against police officers are discussed, as well as anti-government protests, the history of the sovereign movement, and tax evasion.

A profile is presented of actress Cara Delevingne. It discusses topics such as her casting in the film "Paper Towns" based on the novel by John Green, her past career as a fashion model, the transition to acting which included supporting roles in films such as "The Face of an Angel," and her departure form the Storm Model Management company.

James Castle was the artist of silence, grayness and folded cardboard. Silence because he was born deaf and refused to read, write, speak, sign or finger spell. Grayness because of the velvety, overcast drawings he made all his life: extravagantly tonal images of landscapes, farmyards and interiors rendered in a mixture of soot and spit applied to found paper with sticks and rags. Their muted yet solid forms in some way embodied both Castle's silent world and his loyalty to it. And folded cardboard because of the flattened yet bulky toylike sculptures -- figures, farm animals, articles of clothing and pieces of furniture -- that Castle made from discarded boxes, string and paper. This detritus he gleaned from the post office and general store that his parents oversaw in their house in an Idaho farming community named Garden Valley. In his understanding of structure, moving parts and the abbreviation of familiar forms, Castle used cardboard as brilliantly as Alexander Calder used wire, but with more corners. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I get why people flee to the dollar in times of strife. I used to do it. Growing up in Mexico in the 1980s -- when the government devalued the currency each time it ran the economy into the ground -- I used to stuff greenbacks away to ensure my scant savings against macroeconomic incompetence. Still, nothing prepared me for the dollar's extraordinary ascent in the midst of the current financial disaster. Between mid-July and mid-November, the dollar rose more than 25 percent against the euro and more than a third against the British pound. It jumped 29 percent against the Canadian dollar and 39 percent against the Mexican peso. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the land purchased by the Maine Nature Conservancy from the International Paper Co. Plans for the tracts; Recreational activities in the area; How the collected fees will be used.

Looks at the plans of the Nature Conservancy in Maine to buy acres of forest from International Paper Co. Comments from Kent Wommack, executive director of the Nature Conservancy; Purpose for buying the forest; Acres of land owned by the Nature Conservancy in North America; Statement from Alan Hutchinson, executive director for the Forest Society of Maine.

Presents an update on several corporations in the United States as of November 5, 1998. Employee reductions at International Paper Co.; Third-quarter charge to be taken by Forest Oil Corp. in 1998; Production cuts at the US Steel unit of USX Corp.

Gives details of the controversy surrounding the setting up of a private garbage company Atlas Paper Stock Company, in Greenwich Village. Reasons for the same; Speculations on the proposed approval to be given by the Department of Sanitation.

Looks at how the Chambers Paper Fibers Corp. and its president Salvatore Benedetto helped the Manhattan District Attorney to investigate the Mafia-controlled garbage-carting business in New York City. Details on how the company and Benedetto helped in the investigation; Number of people indicted with evidence from the investigation. INSET: With new waste commission, mayor vows.., by David Stout..

Reports on the solid-waste management plan approved by the New York City Council that will hasten the city's timetable for the recycling of `mixed papers' and milk cartons. Final approval needed by the plan from the State Environmental Conservation Department; Oppositions to the plans.

Reports that on March 18, 1997, a Federal court in the United States ruled that criminal charges of price fixing can be brought against foreign companies doing business in that country. Historical significance of the ruling; Price-fixing charges filed against Japan's Nippon Paper Industries Company; Names of other companies that have been accused of fixing prices.

Discusses how Salvatore Benedetto, president of garbage-hauler Chambers Paper Fibres Corp., went undercover to expose Mafia connections to the New York City's garbage-hauling business. The Mafia's domination of the $1 billion-a-year industry; Benedetto's work with the Manhattan District Attorney's office, including taping of meetings with suspected mobsters; The number of indictments; Alleged involvement of Genovese and Gambino crime families.

The article reports on the documents from the financial crisis in New York City in 1970s which shows the effort of investment banker Felix G. Rohatyn to rescue and aid the New York Stock Exchange and the city, which would be displayed at the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library.

The article reports on the change of name by American professional boxer Cassius Clay into Muhammad Ali, bestowed by leader Elijah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam, in February 1964.

The article focuses on the political campaign by 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump, with topics including the anti-Trump vote in Indiana, the social aspects of elections, and the poll survey which reveals that Trump lead in his campaign.

The author reflects on how immigrants awaits the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on whether to uphold the proposed order Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) which will let immigrant parents to apply for work permits and prevent from deportation.

The article reports on the plan of American media company Gannett Co. Inc. to include Arlington, Virginia-based daily newspaper USA Today into its local papers in an effort to expand advertising and circulation revenue.

The article reports that court documents in a lawsuit filed against Wachovia bank show that the bank had long been aware of claims of fraud made against telemarketers who had accounts with the bank, and had in fact actively solicited their business. The lawsuit was filed against Wachovia by victims of those telemarketers. The documents also show that Wachovia was warned of the frauds by other banks and federal regulators.

This article focuses on the stabilization and significant role of the newspaper "The Times-Picayune of New Orleans," in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Journalism has played an important part in the rebuilding of New Orleans, with the particular newspaper at the forefront. Statistics regarding the newspaper's circulation are presented and discussed. Commentary regarding the important role of the newspaper from the editor Jim Amoss, as well as several New Orleans residents, is included.

The article reports that many U.S. citizens have been blocked from receiving Medicaid benefits because they cannot produce citizenship documents such as birth certificates. This is an unintended consequence of a 2006 federal law that was meant to prevent abuse of the Medicaid system by illegal immigrants.

The article discusses the media attention to Bob Woodward's book "State of Denial" in which he sharply criticizes U.S. President George W. Bush's administration. Woodward is affiliated with the "Washington Post" newspaper, but the author points out that dozens of other media outlets scooped the story of the book before the Post could present its own announcement.

This article discusses synergistic efforts employed by the Tribune Company in response to slumping newspaper sales. Concepts being explored by Tribune include the dissemination of newsworthy information over a variety of U.S. news outlets and formats owned by the company, as well as the creation of a country-wide news model to attract advertisers to make sweeping buys for media advertising across the country.

The article reports that the New York Public Library is expected to announce that it has purchased an archive of material created by Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs for its Henry W. and Albert A Berg Collection of English and American Literature. It is suggested that the acquisition, which also includes Kerouac's literary and personal archive, the premier institution for the study of the Beats. The contents of the Burroughs archive, which contains 11,000 pages of manuscript and typescript material, are reviewed.

The article looks at how the United States military is implementing a multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant propaganda in the Iraqi news media. According to the author, military officials pay friendly Iraqi journalists monthly stipends. Documents from the Pentagon show that articles are delivered to a defense contractor who translates them into Arabic and submits them to Iraqi newspapers or advertising agencies without revealing the Pentagon's role.

This article contends that Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., U.S. President George W. Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court, has consistently favored big-business litigants as he has pushed the federal appeals court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in a conservative direction. The author reports that Alito has, with few exceptions, sided with employers over employees in discrimination lawsuits and in favor of corporations over investors in securities fraud cases.

Reports that U.S. Democratic senators are continuing their calls for the release of documents from Supreme Court nominee Judge John G. Roberts Jr.'s years as a senior lawyer in the President George H. W. Bush administration. Contention of Democrats that the documents could illuminate Robert's views in the areas of civil rights, privacy and access to justice; Observation that access to justice has received little scrutiny; Examples of briefs signed by Roberts in the early 1990s; Views of legislators, including Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts; Stand that Roberts took in an environmental case.

Reports on the query of the commission investigating the September 11 attacks on why the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush had blocked classified foreign policy and counter-terrorism documents from the White House files of former president Bill Clinton from being turned over to the investigators. Confirmation of the White House regarding the issue; Response to the request of the commission; Investigation of intelligence and law enforcement failures.

Focuses on the saga of Homer and Langley Collyer, the brothers who were the legendary junk collectors of New York City's Harlem district in the 1940s. Continued resonance of the Collyer saga over 50 years later; Amount of urban junk that they collected in their home; Death of Langley in an avalanche of rubbish when he tripped one of his booby traps while bringing his blind brother dinner in 1947.

Reports on the focus on the government investigation of the Enron scandal on the documents destroyed by accounting firm Arthur Andersen in the U.S. Evidence heard by lawmakers regarding the issue; Distribution of copies of an electronic mail message received by Andersen employees; Refusal of former Andersen partner David B. Duncan to comment on the issue.

Reports on the allegations by former executive Maureen Castaneda that Enron employees were shedding documents at the company's Houston, Texas offices. Action taken by the company in response to the claim; Role of evidence of document destruction in Congressional and criminal inquiries; Description of the shredding by Castaneda on television.

Marc Prosser is using online tactics to wage a pro-paper battle. Mr. Prosser, founder of a bond education Web site called Learnbonds.com, has started an online petition to ask the United States Treasury Department to bring back paper savings bonds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Newspapers produced and sold by homeless people in dozens of American cities are flourishing even as the deepening recession endangers conventional newspapers. At many of them, circulation is growing, along with the sales forces dispatched to sell the papers to passers-by. The recession has hardly been a windfall for these street papers, most of which are nonprofits that survive on grants and donations as well as circulation revenue. But the economic downturn has heightened interest in their offbeat coverage and driven new vendors to their doors. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents information about two Urdu-language newspapers based in the U.S., "The Pakistan Post," and "The Urdu Times," with reference to their vanishing copies. Though Mahammed Farooqi, owner and publisher of Pakistan Post, had got accustomed to his paper disappearing occasionally over the years, but recently every copy of his paper vanished and he was even threatened. Similarly, many copies of "The Urdu Times," also disappeared.

The article presents information on Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy's papers that could be accessed by the public at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. The papers showed some exchanges between Rose Kennedy and his son John F. Kennedy, the former U.S. President. In one letter, John Kennedy requested his mother to let him know about her future contacts with heads of state after she had requested his head to allow her to write directly to Russian leader Nikita S. Khrushchev.

Reports on the overstatement of the average circulation figures of Tibune Co. papers, the Newsday and Hoy in the U.S. Effort made by the company to compensate advertisers; Number of Newsday and Hoy copies overstated in the average daily circulation in twelve months; Issues affecting the circulation of papers, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

Focuses on the printing and issuing of their own money by communities in the United States. The systems of local currencies as a way to rebuild communities; The legality of the currency systems; The example of the city of Willimantic, Connecticut.

Reports on the change of a one hundred dollar bill in America. Reason bill was changed.

Throws light on the recycling of the old worn out bills discarded by the Federal Reserve, by Crane & Company, the Dalton, Massachusetts, concern, involved in making stationery. Focus on the letterheads released by the latter.

Focuses on US Federal Reserve System's release of new $100 bills with off-center likenesses of Benjamin Franklin on March 25, 1996. Technological advancements to combat sophisticated counterfeiters; Foreign central banks' increase of their holdings of United States Treasury notes.

Examines attempts by the Federal Reserve to find ways to recycle the 7,000 tons of worn-out currency that is shredded each year. So far efforts have involved the use of old bills in roofing tiles, particle board, fuel pellets, stationery, packing material and artwork. Value of the long fibers found in currency; How long bills last; Number of bills of each denomination currently in circulation; Comments from Paul R. Frey.

Comments on the need for a paper record of each voter's choices that the voter can verify. Need to preserve the votes on paper; Concerns covering the security of voting machines; Initiative of California to implement a backup paper tally of votes.

Reports on the distribution of new daily newspapers. Hopes to attract younger readers with free subscriptions and brevity of articles; Street distribution of "amNew York," a free daily whose primary investor is the Tribune Company; Similar papers in Chicago and Washington; Struggle of free daily papers to make profits; Comments of skeptics and supporters.