People have fastened sheets of paper together more or less permanently ever since the Chinese invented the stuff in the first or second century A.D. Yet according to the Early Office Museum, the first ...

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—The basic paper clip, a simple twist of steel wire typically retailing for about a penny, has dominated its market for more than a century. Now ACCO Brands Corp., based in this ...

— -- It takes most people a few jobs, a few promotions and a few years (or maybe more) to finally buy their first house. Then comes along a young man who has a simpler idea: Why not trade a paper ...

The percussive snap of a stapler. The crisp peeling of a Post-it note. The ruffling flip of an old Rolodex chock-full of cards. James Ward loves office supplies beyond reason — and he's written about ...