11.   Lumber futures soared the daily trading limit for a second day on speculation that more lumber companies will curtail production in coming days.

12.   Merck said that it curtailed vaccine production over the summer because it was making changes at its manufacturing plant in West Point, Pa.

13.   Now two of the most prolific studios, Walt Disney and Warner Bros., say they are sharply curtailing production, largely because of costs.

14.   Philip Fletcher, chairman and chief executive officer of ConAgra Inc., said his company has no plans to curtail production.

15.   Stone-Consolidated Corp. said it will curtail production at two of its Quebec uncoated groundwood paper mills to balance inventory levels.

16.   Straying is more difficult to eliminate without closing or sharply curtailing hatchery production, noted Zuanich, of the Purse Seine Vessel Owners.

17.   Such low prices are forcing some mills to take a second look at curtailing production.

18.   The broiler industry, controlled by a handful of large companies, is curtailing production because of record high feed prices.

19.   The Case Corp., for example, announced last week that it was curtailing production of tractors and combines, which are capital expenditures for farmers.

20.   Theoretically, at least, withholding coffee is akin to the strategy of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to curtail production of oil.