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The Week in Brief ......

Florida Crop Estimate Remains About the Same Except for boosting the Florida tangerine estimate by 300,000 boxes, federal forecasters left the Florida crop forecast unchanged for January, said Florida Citrus Mutual Executive Vice President Andy LaVigne recently. However, U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasters estimated that California's Christmas week freeze would ......

Fusion UV Systems, Inc. (Gaithersburg, MD) adds Kazuo Ashikaga as director, chemistry and process development, to its Japanese business unit. John Denzer joins Fort Worth, TX-based Resin Technology, Inc. as managing partner. Mark Zastrow joins CMD Corp. (Appleton, WI) as director of marketing and sales. Brushfoil LLC in Guilford, CT ......

NOV. 29 - DEC. 5 Coastal Decision: A halt on new oil and natural gas drilling off California's coast was upheld by a federal appeals court in a victory for state and environmental groups. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that 36 drilling leases were properly blocked because ......

New York — Luxury linens company Frette North America has recruited fashion executive Paul Raffin as ceo; he was most recently president of the Express division of Limited Brands. Prior to the Limited, Raffin held senior positions with J. Crew and Colours by Alexander Julian. Frette Group ceo Enrico Marinelli ......

Several major holders of Walt Disney Co. stock dealt another blow to chairman and CEO Michael Eisner last week, increasing the possibility that as much as 30% of Disney's stockholders would vote "no" to his re-election to the board of directors of the entertainment giant at its March 3 annual ......

Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell--who oversaw peace negotiations in Northern Ireland and who was named Thursday to head the probe into baseball player Barry Bonds¿ alleged steroid use--was no match for the warring parties in the Seattle newspaper joint operating agreement (JOA), a senator revealed Thursday.