Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Shares of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., which tumbled yesterday to the lowest point in the forest-products company's 10-year history, have moved up smartly today after officials reassured investors about the debt-heavy company's access to credit.
Ukgatsby's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
A tale of 2 hands...... ----- RIVER ----- [ 9c Ts 5h 9s ][Kc ] Ukgatsby: bets 3530 and is all-in Fizban35: is all-in 1065 Smurfit2: folds Returned uncalled bets 2,465 to Ukgatsby ----- SHOW DOWN ----- Ukgatsby: shows [Tc Td] (A Full House, Tens full of Nines) Fizban35: shows [9h 9d] (Four of a kind, Nines, King high) Fizban35 collected 3390 from Main pot I raise preflop and check after but same result...
icWales (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
CRACK Away Jack is due to set out on the long road to the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle in March with a run at Chepstow on Saturday.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
CREVE COEUR, Mo. and CHICAGO, Oct. 8 -- Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (Nasdaq: SSCC) today reaffirmed its financial flexibility amid uncertain economic conditions and announced the favorable resolution of cert...
PokerStars.com Official Blog (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Alan Smurfit gets his chips in, the quiet man at a chatty feature table that also features the talkative Johannes Strassmann. The hand started with a Joseph Elpayaa raise, followed by a re-raise from Strassmann, making it 61,000 in total. Smurfit moved now, in hindsight perhaps not believing his luck, pushing his chips into the middle before sitting quietly to allow Elpayaa to fold and Strassmann...
The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. opened its second recycling facility in Jacksonville, Fla., with Advanced Disposal Services Inc. (SSCC)
Independent.ie - European RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School has been ranked 38th in Europe by the 'Financial Times' Masters in Management ranking of the top 50 business schools in Europe.
Damien Mulley (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Congrats to the 5 companies shortlisted for Best New Web Application/Service at the Moviestar Web Awards. Few days left to enter the Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards. Recruit Ireland now has a blog. G’wan ya good thing. Worth going to methinks. October 6th in Dublin. Radisson SAS Royal Hotel. The Enterprise Ireland ICT Technology showcase will feature [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
DUBLIN, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Smurfit Kappa will meet market expectations this year despite a slowing global economic environment and softer demand, Chief Executive Gary McGann said on Friday.
BusinessWeek Online -- Careers (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
With wastepaper the No. 1 U.S. export to China and worldwide demand growing, Smurfit-Stone is finding new ways to recover paper
PokerStars.com Official Blog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
If there’s a table today to counter the feature table-elect of yesterday (EPT winners Mike McDonald and Jason Mercier) it would be along the far wall and features two WSOP bracelet winners in PokerStars Sponsored player Sebastian Ruthenberg and Irish pro Alan Smurfit. Also here is pot-limit Omaha specialist Richard Ashby, better known as “CHUFTY” online, and French actress turned poker player Alexia...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Stephanie Grimmett submits: Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC) was up 30% yesterday on news that its competitor International Paper (IP) pushed through a hike in containerboard prices as of October 1. The new prices, which aren't specified, could triple Smurfit's earnings if they hold through 2009. That would mean earnings as high as $1.50 per share versus. the estimated 45 cents per share right...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
A BANK holiday in the US meant markets were comparatively quiet yesterday, while weaker financials and a fall in commodity-related stocks meant most leading indices fell back on the day. Dublin was no different, with the Iseq index of Irish shares closing 0.39 per cent off at 4,477.2.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
WHEN SMURFIT Kappa indicated earlier this year that 2008 would be much tougher than last year, the market took a dim view, particularly as peer companies were more upbeat.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
PAPER AND packaging group Smurfit Kappa has seen profit before exceptional and share-based payments slip 1 per cent to €257 million in the second quarter, but were still ahead of analysts' estimates of €240-€245 million.
