No sign of stock draw after US-France talks

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London—In the two weeks since French PrimeMinister Francois Fillon said a coordinated oilstock release by industrialized nations wason the verge of agreement, there has beenlittle new public talk of such a move, with thelatest word out of Washington suggesting arelease might not be imminent.On April 12, US President BarackObama and his French counterpart NicolasSarkozy discussed stability in the oil mar-kets, but it was unclear whether they eventouched on the possibility of tapping govern-ment-owned stocks.