U.S. Department of Agriculture officials said a...

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials said a plan to allow Florida to resume citrus shipments to other citrus-producing states has been scrapped after discoveries of destructive canker and protests from Texas and California . . . Rhodes Inc., an Atlanta-based furniture store operator, has retained Salomon Bros. to explore financial alternatives, including solicitation of bids to acquire the company, as a result of unsolicited inquiries.