1.   Another oil concern, Yukos, has been accused of trying to dilute minority shareholdings with new stock issues.

2.   At the very least, the incident is likely to be interpreted by the foreign oil concerns working in Algeria as a warning.

3.   For asset-rich companies, like oil concerns, he buys at a discount to, say, proven reserves.

4.   Foster said he likes Posco, Yukong Ltd., an oil concern, and Samsung Electric.

5.   In addition, the company says capital budgets at many large oil concerns were delayed in the quarter.

6.   It is also involved in the Timan Pechora Co., a consortium of oil concerns including Texaco and Exxon that has rights to fields with an estimated twobillion barrels.

7.   Most European bond markets rose as declining gold and oil prices curbed concern higher inflation rates are looming.

8.   Oil stocks rose after U.S. oil concerns Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. posted unexpectedly strong second-quarter earnings.

9.   Olstein is a believer in semiconductor equipment makers like Altera Corp., Xilinx Inc., and oil service concerns such as Rowan Cos.

10.   Russia has tarried in developing tax laws and a production sharing agreement for foreign oil concerns.