Stora Enso (NYSE: SEO) today announced
that Stora Enso has appointed Gary Parafinczuk as Executive Vice President,
Corporate Human Resources and Business Excellence and member of the
Management Group (MG) with effect from 1 March 2006. Additionally, the company will work with regional and
local insurance brokers, payroll services companies and other small
business -services firms that want to resell the HRAnswerLink services.

State and Federal Employment Laws -- Online summaries of current employment
laws for all 50 states and the federal government, presented in plain
English and updated regularly by attorneys in the HR field.

HR News and Issues - - An online news portal that provides access to
numerous business and industry sites covering recent trends and issues in
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He joined the Group in 2000.

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"HRAnswerLink provides the convenience of a 24-hour online service with the
option of personal consultations from HR pros. This spring, the company will introduce
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Scott Lipinski, currently Director, Human Resources Development, will
succeed Gary Parafinczuk as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, region
North America.

As the regional representative for the HRAnswerLink subscription-based HR
service , BASIC will work directly with associations, franchisors and large
corporate users. "We are thrilled to partner with such a dynamic company,
and look forward to building our distribution-partner program with similar
high-quality organizations. HRAnswerLink will allow
us to provide additional services to our present clients and help us get
new clients. BASIC has clients in over
40 states, concentrated in the Midwest and Southwest., and facilities in Salt Lake
City, Atlanta and Duval, WA, HRAnswerLink makes its services available to
businesses through insurance providers and brokers, resellers and
associations.

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Gary Parafinczuk is currently Senior Vice President, Human Resources, in
Stora Enso's North American operations.

Gary Parafinczuk will succeed in his new position Per Ericson , who has
decided to resign from Stora Enso with effect from 28 February 2006. The Group has some 45 000 employees in
more than 40 countries in five continents and an annual production capacity
of 16.4 million tonnes of paper and board and 7.

"BASIC has demonstrated its commitment to helping its clients be more
efficient and profitable," said Dennis Abraham, president and CEO of
HRAnswerLink , Inc."

"With the increasing complexity of HR laws and regulations, we felt it
important to offer our brokers and clients a tool to help them make the
correct HR decisions," said Fritz Teutsch , president of BASIC.

Employee Handbook -- An online employee handbook that can be downloaded and
customized.

Q&A Database -- An online library, enabling users to obtain answers to a
variety of questions in several human resources disciplines.

HR Resources -- Products, services and other critical resources for the HR
specialist, all specially priced for the HRAnswerLink member.

Company Information

BASIC provides cost-effective human resource administration; Health Savings
Accounts , COBRA, Flexible Spending Accounts, Premium Only Plans, Health
Reimbursement Arrangements and Payroll services.com.

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Stora Enso sales
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PRESS RELEASE HRAnswerLink Selects BASIC and MyBASICGuru.com as Distributor Partner

Based in Portage,
Michigan, and Tucson, Arizona, BASIC provides over 5,000 clients with human
resource administrative services.

HRAnswerLink, a subscription-based human resources service for small to
mid-sized businesses, combines online resources with personal assistance to
help organizations get the information needed to make correct HR decisions. For more information, call Dennis Abraham at 510-979-1225,
ext.

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PRESS RELEASE Stora Enso Appoints Gary Parafinczuk as New Head of Group HR

He will be based in
the Stora Enso International Office in London and report to Christer gren,
head of IT, HR and Business Excellence, who will also become the Swedish
Country Manager on 1 April 2006 .com

Stora Enso is an integrated paper, packaging and forest products company
producing publication and fine papers, packaging boards and wood products,
areas in which the Group is a global market leader.2 million cubic metres of value-added
products. Stora Enso's shares are listed in Helsinki , Stockholm and New
York.

Forms, Job Descriptions, Letters and Links -- Resources, including a
complete dictionary of HR terms, to help users quickly and easily handle
the necessary HR paperwork .

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BASIC, one of the nation's
premier benefits-administration and human-resource service companies, has
been selected as the HRAnswerLink distribution partner for the Great Lakes
region, the two companies announced today. In our mind, this service is
essential for most small to mid-sized businesses."

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Specifically, HRAnswerLink provides the following services:

Ask the HR Pro -- Human resources experts who provide confidential answers,
within one business day, to questions submitted by policyholders -- online
or by telephone . For more information call 800-473-0455, email
www. 201, email www.