SIGNALS that the paper for newspaper businesses is sluggish are coming from all over the world. Raymond Lee, CEO of Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Co-one of two Chinese paper giants-are alerting that the market will be weakening, not only in export, but also in domestic markets. "Prices are truly plunging," said Lee at a European Paper Recycling conference in Amsterdam, at the end of last October.

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