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The average yield on seven-year notes at yesterdayÛªs Treasury auction was 11.75 percent, up from 11.61 percent on Oct. 5.</br></br>Yields on accepted bids ranged from 11.74 percent to 11.75 percent, and 97 percent of the bids at the highest return, or stop-out rate, were accepted.</br></br>The Treasury received bids totaling $13.54 billion and accepted $5.25 billion, including $558 million of noncompetitive tenders at the average yield. The average dollar price was 99.981 and the coupon rate was set at 11.75 percent.</br></br>Allegheny Beverage Corp. said yesterday it acquired the assets consisting of coin-operated washers and dryers of Hardina Metered Laundry Co. of Richmond, Calif., for an undisclosed price.</br></br>The laundry units, in the San Francisco Bay area, will be operated by AlleghenyÛªs San Francisco-based Macke Laundry West Inc. subsidiary.