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Graphic Packaging nets $238.4M in debt sale

Jun. 16, 2009
Consumer products packaging maker Graphic Packaging International Inc. on Tuesday said it completed a private debt offering it will use to buy back other debt. The subsidiary of Graphic Packing Holding Co. said it closed the sale of $245 million of its 9.5...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler