The average price of gasoline in the...

The average price of gasoline in the United States rose more than a penny to 96.14 cents a gallon in the past two weeks and consumers can expect more increases soon, according to the Lundberg Survey . . . Forstmann Little & Co. began a $9.25-a-share, $379.3-million cash tender offer for Pullman Co., a Princeton, N.J., maker of truck trailers and food-service equipment . . . Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. reported that the scheduled Sept. 1 interest payment on its 16% senior subordinated debentures due in the year 2003 will be paid in cash to holders of record Aug. 15 . . . A survey of farmers attending the American Soybean Assn. annual convention in Denver projected U.S. soybean yields this year could be down almost 40% from normal due to drought. However, the survey is not considered an official estimate of production . . . On their own initiative, directors of Wendys International adopted a shareholders’ rights plan aimed at protecting the Dublin, Ohio, fast-food chain against a hostile takeover.