71.   California deal activity was highest in the health care market, with three transactions.

72.   Coffee prices surged to their highest in three weeks as a plan to hold back exports by producing countries reduces stockpiles in the U.S.

73.   Coffee prices rose to their highest in a month amid perceptions a plan by producers to restrict exports is reducing the amount of coffee available on world markets.

74.   Commodity prices rose to their highest in more than five years as severely cold weather settling over much of North America threatens crops and boosts demand for heating fuels.

75.   Concentrations tend to be highest in predatory fish like bass and brown trout.

76.   Cleveland has nearly disassembled the entire World Series team, reducing a payroll that was among the highest in baseball last season.

77.   Consumer confidence is the highest in a decade, boosted by low unemployment and fatter paychecks.

78.   Construction costs here are also the highest in the country.

79.   Consumption of beef other than ground beef was highest in Argentina.

80.   Corn futures surged after the government reported export sales were the highest in five weeks, threatening to overwhelm dangerously low stockpiles.