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Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) recently sold off its six short line railroads to Patriot Rail Corp, a privately-held short line and regional freight railroad holding company. The transaction was made effective from December 30, 2010. The assets under consideration, operate over 160 miles of track in...

SWM (NYSE: SWM) today announced progress in securing multi-year customer agreements and is on pace to supply its proprietary Alginex low ignition propensity cigarette paper to meet approximately 40% of the needs of the European Union market. The expected EU agreements, coupled with customer...

Below are the top mid-cap packaging & container stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Meadwestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV) had $774.00 million in total cash and $2.05 in total debt for the latest quarter. Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) had $761.80 million in total cash and $1....

In October, home prices continued to slip, and the declines were very widespread. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.93% on a seasonally adjusted basis and is up just 0.20% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0....

In October, home prices continued to slip, and the declines were very widespread. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.93% on a seasonally adjusted basis and is up just 0.20% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0....

Domtar Corp.'s (UFS) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 13.49. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for 2010 increased by 47 cents over the past month to $11.32 per share. Domtar Corp. is a Zacks #1 Rank (“Strong Buy”) company. DOMTAR CORP (...

Domtar Corp.'s (UFS) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 13.49. The Zacks Consensus Estimate on the company's earnings for 2010 increased by 47 cents over the past month to $11.32 per share. Domtar Corp. is a Zacks #1 Rank (“Strong Buy”) company. DOMTAR CORP (...

Below are the top small-cap paper & paper product stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Clearwater Paper Corporation (NYSE: CLW) had $356.67 million in total cash and $148.43 million in total debt for the latest quarter. Boise Inc (NYSE: BZ) had $184.06 million in total cash and $...

Shares of Vancouver, Canada-based Mercer International Inc. (Nasdaq: MERC) are trading up 3.9% at $7.93 per share during the Monday afternoon trading session. The day's range for shares of Mercer International Inc has been between $7.75 and a 52-week high of $8.05 per share. The average price...

KANZAN Spezialpapiere GmbH has agreed to license two-sided thermal paper intellectual property (IP) from NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR). This license gives KANZAN the worldwide right to make, use and sell two-sided thermal paper under NCR's two-sided thermal paper intellectual property.

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: 51job Inc (JOBS) Aar Corp (AIR) Banco Bradesco (BBD) Buckeye Tech (BKI) Caliper Life Sciences (CALP) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AAR CORP (AIR): Free Stock Analysis Report BANCO BRADESCO (BBD): Free Stock Analysis...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: 51job Inc (JOBS) Aar Corp (AIR) Banco Bradesco (BBD) Buckeye Tech (BKI) Caliper Life Sciences (CALP) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AAR CORP (AIR): Free Stock Analysis Report BANCO BRADESCO (BBD): Free Stock Analysis...

Acme Packet (NASDAQ: APKT) has been a very active stock recently, and easily one of the best performing names of 2010. We have been flagging this name in recent weeks as it had been rising on heavy volume. During Monday's trading session, however, APKT shares have lost 2.69% to $56.42. This name...

FedEx Corporation (FDX) reported second quarter of fiscal 2011 financial results that fell below the Zacks Consensus Estimates. Quarterly adjusted EPS of $1.16 was below the Zacks Consensus Estimates of $1.31. Management cited higher fuel costs and the reinstatement of employee compensation and...

FedEx Corporation (FDX) reported second quarter of fiscal 2011 financial results that fell below the Zacks Consensus Estimates. Quarterly adjusted EPS of $1.16 was below the Zacks Consensus Estimates of $1.31. Management cited higher fuel costs and the reinstatement of employee compensation and...