1. Many have explicitly stated they would no longer purchase forest products from companies operating in a series of valleys in the Great Bear Rainforest. 2. In addition to targeting buyers of forest products, Greenpeace is now also putting pressure on investors in the two companies. 3. This represents an inappropriate use of land which might otherwise grow needed crops and so save imports, particularly animal feedstuffs, forest products, chemical feedstuffs and fuels. 4. Barshefsky also urged Tokyo to overhaul its telecommunications market, and pushed Japan to endorse an initiative to open its markets to foreign forest products. 5. According to IBES, water utilities, forest product, container, electronics, hospital and telephone utilities suffered the worst hits the past three months. 6. All forest products are priced in U.S. dollars. 7. But Washington exporters, who, sell mostly agricultural goods, forest products, software and other high tech items, are bucking the trend. 8. Canadian natural-resources stocks have been hardest hit by concerns that slowing Asian economies will reduce demand for forest products and metals, decreasing the profits of producers. 9. Canadian stocks declined as concern that pulp and paper prices will fall depressed forest products issues, analysts said. 10. Canadian stocks rose as warmer weather and concern that lumber supplies are shrinking lifted shares of forest products companies, analysts said. |