71.   Excluding the strike, production rose slightly.

72.   In February, output at factories and utilities fell while production at mines rose.

73.   Industrial production rose for the first time since September.

74.   Many analysts were expecting industrial production to rise.

75.   Manufacturing production rose, although construction was down two percent as activity in the non-dwelling building sector weakened.

76.   Onshore production also rose in the Amazon and in the northeastern states of Ceara and Rio Grande do Norte, Petrobras said.

77.   Russian industrial production has risen and even surpassed its pre-crisis level.

78.   The company said that the new plant will supply to U.S. units of Japanese auto makers whose overseas production is rising quickly.

79.   Toyota said its North American production has been rising steadily.

80.   Whether coca production rises in Peru may have to do with factors beyond the suspension of surveillance flights.