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...From the timber harvests of North America and Scandinavia, the giants of the industry--led by International Paper of Stamford, Conn. (2002 total sales: $25 billion); Georgia-Pacific of Atlanta ($23.3 billion); Weyerhaeuser of Tacoma, Wash. ($18.5 billion); Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA of Stockholm ($10 billion); and Smurfit-Stone Container of Chicago ($8.2 billion)--churn out millions of tons of linerboard and corrugated. A box can be small enough to hold a wedding ring or large enough for jet skis (4 ft. by 4 ft. by 4 ft. is the maximum, however). The U.S. leads the world in box manufacturing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Commerce: Trade Maker | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

Although HMC President Jack E. Meyer said he could not comment on the reported deal, he said that timber investments are not unusual for Harvard...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMC To Buy New Zealand Forest | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...think [timber investments] have an attractive rate of real return and are good diversifiers. The returns won’t be precisely like those of any other asset class,” Meyer said...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMC To Buy New Zealand Forest | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

Meyer said that while schools like Princeton and Yale also invest in timber, Harvard has “more timber investments than most,” representing about 7.5 percent of total investments...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMC To Buy New Zealand Forest | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

...Harvard does in fact buy the land at its speculated value of $500 million, the purchase would add 2.6 percentage points to the timber investment share...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMC To Buy New Zealand Forest | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

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