At 09:03 AM 1/22/2000 , you wrote:
>Oil data taken from http://www.opisnet.com
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> 1/20 - (5:30 P.M.) - - Fuel prices are following the script of internet
>stocks today, soaring by increments not seen since the Persian Gulf War or
>the supply crunch of December 1989. The increases are dizzying in their
>scope, with many products now more than 200% above where they stood a year
>ago.
A recent article indicated that the reason these prices have not reached
the pump is that there are a couple of large oil company mergers in
progress or about to be announced. They want to keep the lid on prices to
stay out of the spotlight. The same article indicated that other forces
keeping prices down are the upcoming elections and that price spikes would
upset the electorate and add some unpredictability.
Don Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Valley Center, CA Senior Software Engineer
Contract software engineering
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