Lundberg Survey

The publisher of The Lundberg Letter, a widely read publication that informs the energy industry of market trends, is suing her brother, claiming that he infringed on the newsletter's trademark and its method of gathering information in a competing publication. The U.S. District Court suit was filed Friday against Jan C. Lundberg on behalf of Lundberg Survey Inc., North Hollywood publisher of The Lundberg Letter, which was founded by the late Dan Lundberg.

Gasoline prices rose nearly 3 cents a gallon in the last two weeks, an industry analyst said Sunday. The average weighted price at the pump nationwide, including all grades and taxes, was about $1.45 a gallon Friday, according to the Lundberg Survey of 8,000 stations nationwide. Gasoline cost about $1.42 a gallon on average Dec. 6, the date of the previous such survey.