11.   Advance copies were made available in Washington by World Perspectives Inc., an agricultural consulting group, which helped compile the report, and by the U.S. Agriculture Department.

12.   ADVICE FOR PROXY FIGHTS A consulting group faulted shareholder efforts to put pressure on companies to pay board members in stock, rather than cash.

13.   Charles Foundyller, president of Daratech Inc. consulting group, said engineers should not blindly rely on what the computer spits out.

14.   Demps said the district has contracted with the Institute for Learning, an educational consulting group, to establish the new staff development program.

15.   Daniel Yergin, president of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a consulting group in Cambridge, Mass., said that without the agreement prices would have fallen further.

16.   Deutsche Morgan Grenfell and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson are also part of the consulting group.

17.   Gayle Tremblay, vice president of Neiman Marcus online, says the upscale department store first heard of RichFX from its consulting group.

18.   ICF KAISER INTERNATIONAL INC., Fairfax, Va., named George Brown Jr. executive vice president and group president of its consulting group.

19.   It includes a career services group, a start-up incubator, a consulting group, and an investment group.

20.   Jeff Thompson, an analyst for Propane Resources, a consulting group in Mission, Kan., said the propane delivery system was going through its own test.