DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) recently launched a new website — www.pc.dupont.com. –designed to give customers quick and easy access to information about all DPC brands.
Fraser Papers Inc. (TSX:FPS) (“Fraser Papers” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 27, 2008. The Company generated a net loss of $21.3 million or $0.42 per share in the third quarter. These results included the impact of planned maintenance outages at the Company’s East Papers and Gorham operations, which negatively affected results by $5.3 million or $0.11 per share.
MeadWestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV) today reported third quarter 2008 income from continuing operations of $46 million, or $0.26 per share. Sales from continuing operations increased 8 percent to $1.81 billion in the third quarter of 2008 compared to $1.68 billion in the third quarter of 2007. Overall sales increased due to growth in bleached board, home and garden and beverage packaging and improved pricing across all businesses. Profitability, however, was lower due to historically high input cost inflation, downtime due to the Gulf storms, which negatively impacted year-over-year productivity improvement in the quarter, and the effects of unfavorable foreign currency exchange.
Journal Register Company (the “Company”) (PINKSHEETS: JRCO) today reported a net loss of $8.7 million, or $(0.22) per diluted share, for the third quarter ended September 28, 2008 as compared to net income of $11.2 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, for the prior year quarter ended September 30, 2007.
According to Finnish Securities Market Act, Chapter 2, Section 9, UPM reports that on 30 October 2008, the holding of the below listed mutual funds and separate accounts managed by the affiliated investment advisers of Franklin Resources, Inc. in UPM represented 6.72 per cent of the share capital and 9.94 per cent of the total votes pertaining to such share capital.
Apertura — a prominent business magazine in Argentina — recently published the results of its annual “The Best Employers of Argentina 2008” survey, ranking DuPont third.
Quebecor Media is pleased that the decision yesterday by the CRTC seems to point Canadian broadcasting policy toward less regulation and greater competition in the area of telecommunications to the benefit of Canadians.
