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...steep run-up has prompted Congressmen and consumer advocates to accuse oil companies of taking advantage of the deep freeze to gouge their customers. Citizen Action, a consumer group, says the profits that refiners were making on residential heating oil in the Northeast jumped at least 150% in the past three months; in New Jersey the increase was 314%. Last week the Energy Department said it was launching a study to determine whether oil companies colluded to raise prices...
...however, investors grew nervous as the Saatchis began building a new kingdom in the consulting business. The move continued the company's record of steep revenue growth through acquisition. During 1988 alone, the company purchased 17 consulting firms, branching out into such new areas as market research and executive recruiting...
...Brian, the price would be far too steep...
...Amethi, Rajiv Gandhi's constituency in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Ultimately, Gandhi was declared the winner over Rajmohan Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and no relation to Rajiv. But 20 of Rajiv's 59 ministers were defeated, a measure of the Congress Party's steep decline...
That assessment proved unerring. After a steep drop in early trading, stocks roared back Monday to post an 88.12-point gain for the day. Then on Thursday, the anniversary of the 1987 crash, the Government reported that the Consumer Price Index rose a modest 0.2% in September, propelling the market to a 39.55- point gain. The Dow closed at 2689.14 Friday, up a record 119.88 points for the week. In Tokyo the Nikkei index lost 647.33 points Monday but surged more ! than 1,000 points in the next four days to finish the week...