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Pseudo-leaders don't want anyone above them to see what a dedicated, hard worker John is and how talented and knowledgeable Jane is, so they make life difficult for both John and Jane. Conversely, they are "great bosses" to everyone else, or at least everyone who is the opposite of John and Jane and who blissfully wallows in the stagnant pool of mediocrity and apathy. These types of leaders are among the worst a company can have.

It is clear to those who understand the facts that the environmental performance of today's forest products industry is good, except for a small number of pulp mills and forestry operations. However, the industry's image in the minds of many environmental activists and much of the general public remains negative--and improving the industry's image so that the brightest youngsters want to work in it, and so that developers of new mills do not have to face massive and unreasonable public opposition, remains a challenge.

In rough conditions, most company leaders generally adopt a pattern of "battening down the hatches"--in other words, chopping spending. I have always found this interesting, for by "chopping spending" such leaders are admitting they did not already have spending under control. You should always have spending under control. There is something to do on the spending side, however, and it is this...

The PM40 closed 29 May 2015 up 2% from the 16 May 2014 level.

The PM40 closed Friday, 29 May 2015 at 3368.

1 Jun 15 Get the latest PM40 update by listening to the weekly Nips show by Pulp & Paper Radio International.

In this issue of Disconnected Comparisons, we evaluate Reed Elsevier and Universal Forest Products, Inc.

Reported insider trading since the last issue of PaperMoney.

Repurposing might be an alternative to shuttering some assets

Nanocrystalline cellulose gets recognition

Approximately $11.4 million will be invested in upgrading the Rumford mill

Shutdown extended to August

To be the premier partner and unrivaled provider of paper and packaging solutions

MWV AND RockTenn announce closing dates

Smoke appeared to be contained entirely inside the structure

Wood cost in Abitibi-Témiscamingue makes the sawmills uncompetitive

Foam forming to improve lightweighting

Reconfiguring and development work expands new product

PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue machine is successful

Varkaus Mill rebuild in Finland is successfully

Development of tamper evidence applications will benefit both consumers and brand owners

Plans have been submitted for replacing precipitator

'If there was no carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere, this planet would be as dead as Mars. If carbon dioxide goes below 150 parts per million, plants begin to starve to death because they need a higher level than that just in order to survive. So I say we should celebrate CO2 as the giver of life that it is, rather than demonizing it as has been done by the Environmental Protection Agency, calling it a 'toxic pollutant,' and by people screaming at the top of their lungs in horror that we're all going to perish in flames and die in an overheated world when there is zero evidence that that is actually happening.'

The PM40 closed 15 May 2015 up 6% from the 16 May 2014 level.

The PM40 closed Friday, 15 May 2015 at 3443.

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