IN BRIEF:Short investories have  bitten some mills in the backside. After expecting a mild February,  short supplies of groundwood and old corrugated containers have driven  prices upward. Citing a bad deal for shareholders of Smurfit Stone  Container Corp, investment firms that claim to hold 9 percent of  Smurfit's common stock have expressed their intention to vote against  the merger of Smurfit with Rock Tenn Corp.
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