OTTAWA—Positive news from the November shipments report. Printing shipments were up in November over the previous year, for the first time since May. The jump in May was a mere $3 million, while this one looks to be a bit more substantial. They were the only two months this year in which sales outperformed the previous year. These results mirror increases reported for fall 2010 in the U.S. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Shipments (in millions)	2010	2009	Change
November	$749.4	$739.1	0.14%
Year to date	$7,446.5	$7,846.5	-5.1%