Re: consolidation

[rd@cottonwood.com (Rick Dahlgren)]

Last night (Thursday), as I was filling my gas tank for $1.03/gallon, the
attendant was changing the sign to $1.13/gallon.

On holiday weekends, hot dogs, beer, potato chips and soda all seem to go
down in price while gas quite uniformly and predictably go up in price.

At  .10/gallon, what is the total impact on the economy?

Rick Dahlgren
rd@cottonwood.com

>rlande@UBmail.ubalt.edu wrote:
>> 
>> > I was wondering if anyone has a reasonably complete list of the
>> > various oil company mergers that were announced following last
>> > year's private meeting of leading oil company executives.
>> 
>> Have there been any leaks as to what was discussed at this meeting?
>
>According to the FT, the executives were trying to solve the 
>industry's "chronic" problems, which was basically about
>excessive competition and falling prices.   The meeting
>appears to have been a great success, for the oil industry.
>
>   Jamie
>
>
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