Interfor offers $396M for Riverside Forest Products in friendly ...
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VANCOUVER (CP) - International Forest Products is muscling aside other bidders for Riverside Forest Products, offering $396 million in a deal endorsed by Riverside&#39;s board that would create the world&#39;s seventh-largest lumber producer.
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By Ellyn Pak, The Orange County Register, Calif.  Feb. 6--The drilling of two holes in the Cleveland National Forest began  Monday to test if 646 millions gallons of water can be transported daily  through a tunnel between Riverside and Orange counties.
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PORTLAND, Maine - International Paper Co., the world&#39;s largest forest products company, has agreed to sell all of the 1.1 million acres of woodlands it owns in Maine and New Hampshire to GMO Renewable Resources LLC for $250 million.
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By Andy Hyland, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  May 26--Riverside's TIF Commission approved financing to help fund an extension of Briarcliff into Riverside Wednesday, paving the way for work to start.
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Journal Register Company (NYSE:JRC) today announced that it has  completed the sale of its three daily community newspapers and its  weekly newspaper group in Rhode Island to R.I.S.N. Operations Inc. The  final sales price was approximately $8.3 million in cash, including  working capital.
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By Leigh Hornbeck, Times Union, Albany, N.Y.  Dec. 6--CORINTH -- Philmet Capital Group LLC has targeted the former  International Paper Co. mill for a manufacturing plant.   Plastic cups and plates would be produced at the factory, said David  Steinmetz, a lawyer for Philmet.
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Shareholders of Belgian brewer Interbrew SA on Friday backed the planned $11.4 billion combination of their family company with Brazil&#39;s Ambev in a deal that would form the world&#39;s largest brewer by volume.
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By NO BYLINE  A CITY woodland is being given a GBP 200,000 makeover with new paths, wardens and thousands of trees.   Work will begin on improving Colinton and Craiglockhart Dells next month thanks to the grant from Forestry Commission Scotland.
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Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest soft-drink maker, offered A$500 million ($382 million) in cash and stock for fruit canner SPC Ardmona Ltd.
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Interpublic Group is getting more connected to telephony company Avaya, which has added one more IPG agency to its roster and bulked up its interactive business at another--assignments that sources estimated to be worth a total of &#36;15 million in billings.
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International Paper Co. IP.N said  Friday it completed the sale of 1.1 million acres of forest  lands in Maine and New Hampshire for about $250 million to a  forest investment management company.
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Scottish and Newcastle Plc., Britain's biggest brewer, is to buy 37.5 percent of India's United Breweries Ltd in a deal worth 4.66 billion rupees (&#36;106 million), the two companies said on Sunday.
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MADISON, Wis. - &#39;Tis the season to buy real trees to decorate the home and Wisconsin Christmas tree farmers hope they can repeat last year&#39;s success.
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Battery maker Rayovac Corp. ROV.N is  close to a deal to acquire privately held United Industries  Corp., a maker of lawn and garden products, for about $476  million in cash and stock in a bid to diversify its product  mix, sources close to the situation said on Monday.
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Repsol YPF, Spain&#39;s biggest oil firm, plans to sell up to 45 percent of its Argentinian unit, a deal that could earn it more than four billion euros (5.4 billion dollars).
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The Octoraro Watershed Association is getting a grant to continue partnering with farmers in Lancaster and Chester counties for reforestation and stream buffer restoration projects.
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By Sandra Stokley, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.  Dec.