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RISI hires new economist
RISI, a leading provider of information about the forest products industry, has announced the appointment of Wade Camp as senior wood products economist. Camp comes to RISI from the Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association, where he held the title of director of economic services.
Camp's career spans three decades and multiple roles from production to economic modeling, working for companies and associations such as International Paper, Georgia-Pacific and the Southern Forest Products Association.
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Postcards from the Show
As a result of too much good material and not enough space, here is a collection of semi-random notes from the International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla.
• Question: Does anybody really pay $99 a day for Internet connection — the asking price at the convention center?
• I told my cab driver what I was doing in Orlando.
“That’s funny,” he said.
“Why?”