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Packaging Corp second-quarter profit climbs

Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:00pm EDT

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NEW YORK, July 18 (Reuters) - Packaging Corp of America (PKG.N), which makes cardboard boxes, said on Wednesday its second quarter earnings rose, driven mainly by higher pricing and sales volume coupled with lower mill outage costs.

The company posted quarterly earnings of $46 million, or 44 cents a share, compared with $32 million, or 31 cents a share, in the year ago period.

((Reporting by Euan Rocha; euan.rocha@reuters.com@reuters.net; Tel + 1 646 223 6026)) Keywords: PACKAGINGCORP RESULTS/

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