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Author: | Labich, K. |
Title: | An Irishman feats on American trees. |
Journal: | Fortune
1987 : JUL 20, VOL. 116:2, p. 38-41 |
Index terms: | COMPANY PERFORMANCE PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY USA IRELAND |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | How a U.S. subsidiary of an Irish conglomerate has moved to the front of the U.S. paper business with the highest return on invested stock. Its acquisitions of U.S. companies, moving them from a loss to profitable firms. How many companies diversified into the paper business and failed. Purchases below book value. Expansion. New equipment. Rise in lineboard prices. Cost cutting methods. A separate box covers earnings multiple and a graph indicates the return to investors. |
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