Word: conoco
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...prospect of stiff prices for heating oil this winter is already giving us a chill. Not surprisingly, share prices for the big three oil companies, ExxonMobil, BP Amoco, and Royal Dutch, have risen accordingly. If you missed Big Oil's runup, consider Not So Big Oil: companies such as Conoco and USX Marathon have been relatively ignored by investors, but they're turning analysts' heads. "These are companies whose profits have exploded while their share prices remain dormant," says Ed Maran of A.G. Edwards. While a company like ExxonMobil may be stronger in terms of distribution and product diversification...
...Franklin did not let grief paralyze him. He founded the Shaka Franklin Foundation for Youth, dedicated to the prevention of youth suicide. Through it, Franklin, 61, became an even more prominent presence in Colorado. His fund raisers drew donations from the Denver Broncos, Coors, Norwest Bank, Texaco and Conoco. The half-million-dollar foundation is developing recording studios, a 240-acre mountain retreat, a computer lab for kids who are at risk and a hockey arena. "Les' program is very successful," says Dar Emme, founder of the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program in Westminster, Colo. "Taking the grief of losing...