91.   Companies around the country have braced for a strike in recent days as they searched for alternative ways to ship their packages.

92.   Companies around the country have braced for a strike in recent days as they searched for alternate ways to ship their packages.

93.   Clarke said he expected coffee prices to drop once the dock strike in Colombia was settled.

94.   Concern persists, though, that exports could pick up if a dockworkers strike in Brazil widens.

95.   Coffee fell after truckers settled a six-day strike in Colombia, promising fresh shipments of beans to a market already suffering from slow roaster demand.

96.   Crude oil rose on concern strikes in Venezuela and Colombia will disrupt exports to the U.S.

97.   Crude oil surged to a four-month high on concern that a one-day strike in Colombia next week could be extended indefinitely.

98.   Crude oil surged to a four-month high on concern that a strike in Colombia next week could be extended indefinitely.

99.   Currency traders said there was more focus on speculation about lower U.S. interest rates and the widening strike in France.

100.   Deputy Finance Minister Pedro Parente said in a telephone interview from Brasilia that the government feared the potential for copycat strikes in other states and other sectors.