- Office supplies retailer Staples has cut off business with Indonesia's Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), one of the world's biggest paper companies, due to concerns over environmental issues, The Wall Street Journal said on Friday. The report quoted a Staples executive as saying Staples had severed ties with APP late last month because there was no indication that it was making strides to protect the environment. Environmental groups have said forest-clearing by the APP group is endangering tigers, elephants and orangutan as well as destroying preciously diverse flora. Staples officials were not immediately available for comment. (Reporting by Ritsuko Ando; Editing by Greg Mahlich) REUTERS NEWS SERVICE