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A Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge declined to reinstate 15 strawberry pickers who, state authorities contend, were not rehired this spring by Tsukiji Farms of Watsonville because of their union-organizing activities. But the judge ordered Tsukiji, which still faces an unfair-labor-practices complaint brought by state authorities, to put the 15 workers on a preferential hiring list for any further jobs that become available. . . . Smith Barney Inc. said Jessica Bibliowicz, chief of the company’s $78-billion mutual fund group, resigned to become president and chief operating officer of New York money manager John A. Levin & Co. . . . Mercer Island, Wash.-based Coffee Station Inc., a specialty coffee retailer with high-volume outlets in skyscrapers and other business centers, is buying the larger chain Pasqua Inc. of San Francisco for undisclosed terms. . . . Wasatch International Corp. said its Edwards-Wasatch Enterprises affiliate plans to offer about $16.5 million for beleaguered low-fare carrier Kiwi International Air Lines. . . . Harnischfeger Industries Inc. extended its $631-million takeover bid for machine toolmaker Giddings & Lewis Inc. so it can weigh a rival bid by Germany’s Thyssen. . . . Charles Schwab Corp. plans to raise the amount investors must put down for initial investments in the mutual funds it markets. The discount brokerage said it will increase the minimum initial investment to $2,500 from $1,000 for all funds available through the company’s mutual fund Marketplace, which includes the popular OneSource program.