12:52 PM EST - Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and Bowater Inc. : announced Monday they have completed their merger to create, the third-largest publicly traded paper and forest products company in North America and the eighth-largest in world. AbitibiBowater shares began trading Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. AbitibiBowater Inc.
shares T.ABH are trading unchanged at $35.55.
