Isabel A. Kondrot, 100.
WORCESTER Isabel A. Kondrot, 100, of 10 Mary Scano Drive, died Wednesday, May 28th, in Christopher House of Worcester. She leaves two nephews, Raymond H. Kelley, Jr., of Shrewsbury and Thomas Friend of Leicester; several cousins including goddaughters, Patricia Kenneway and Mary Ann Kenneway. She was predeceased...

Exhaust unit catches fire at mill; Employees evacuated safely.
Byline: Steven H. Foskett Jr. NORTHBRIDGE - Thirty to 40 employees were safely evacuated from a fire at Riverdale Mills last night as smoke began to fill the building at 130 Riverdale St. Firefighters were called to reports of a structure fire at the sprawling...

Irving W. Bergstrom.
SHREWSBURY Irving W. Bergstrom, 86, formerly of Melody Ln., died Wed., Feb. 20 in Shrewsbury Nursing Home. He was the husband of the late E. Viola (Borg) Bergstrom, who died in 2000. He is survived by four daughters, Christine Leach and her husband, Robert of Shrewsbury, Beverly...

Global Steel bares $ 1.6-B plan to backwardly integrate steel plant.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT Brushing off takeover reports by a local steel firm, Indian-owned Global Steel Philippines (SPVAMC), Inc. (GSPI) yesterday said it is in the midst of a plan to implement its $ 1.6-billion investments that would backwardly integrate the Iligan-based steel plant. In a...

City's link to steel in sale talks; Morgan Construction courted in Europe.
Byline: Martin Luttrell WORCESTER - Morgan Construction Co., a fifth-generation family-run business and the city's oldest industry operating under its original name, said yesterday it is in discussions with an Austrian steel-plant building company over a possible acquisition. Philip R. Morgan, president and chief executive...

Business briefs.
COLUMN: BUSINESS BRIEFS TELEGRAM & GAZETTE Bloomberg Index Central Massachusetts +0.51 167.44 Volume: 63,287,875 Up: 14 Down: 6 Unchanged: 10 Gainer: Evergreen Solar Inc. $10.69 +$.71 (volume...

Sailing from Boston; Central Mass. manufacturers find a growing link to the world only 45 miles away.
Byline: Greg Hellman BOSTON - Millions of pounds of steel rolling mill equipment made in Worcester and bound for the Far East helped push container cargo shipments to a record last year at the Port of Boston, the nation's oldest continuously active port. Morgan, a...

Trinidad and Tobago: the magic of doing a lot with a little: Prime Minister Patrick Manning talks with Americas about developing his county's wealth of human and natural resources.
When Prime Minister Patrick Manning of Trinidad and Tobago visited OAS headquarters in Washington last fall, he spoke of how "the focus of our efforts at development must be the welfare and productivity of our peoples." If societies are to flourish, the Prime Minister said, development must proceed in...

Nippon Steel, Kobe Steel develop titanium alloys for authomobiles.
Two methods for processing titanium alloys suitable for the automotive sector have been independently developed by Nippon Steel Corp and Kobe Steel Ltd of Japan. Although titanium is lightweight and corrosion-resistant, its use is limited to aircraft engines due to difficulties in forming the metal into parts....

BoC implements higher 7% tariff on steel imports.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILATThe Bureau of Customs (BoC) has ordered the implementation of higher most favored nation (MFN) tariffs on imported steel from three to seven percent in a move that would protect Global Steelworks Philippines Inc., the countrya The Bureau of Customs (BoC) has ordered the implementation...