BRUSSELS, Sept. 11, 2009 (RISI) - In the immortal words of American baseball player and philosopher, Yogi Berra, it's like "déjà vu all over again". For the umpteenth consecutive year, in spite of or perhaps due to, the restructurings of International Paper, it still holds the Number 1 position in terms of pulp, paper, converting and merchanting operations with 2008 sales reaching $24.78 billion, a 15.8% jump over its 2007 figure of $21.40 billion. This is $10.9 billion more than the second ranked company.