OTHER NEWS - Jan. 18, 1996

Russell Gould, who as Gov. Pete Wilson’s finance director oversaw state budgets in some of the state’s leanest years, resigned to become director of financial advisory services for Metropolitan West Securities. . . . Exxon Corp. said it will receive $300 million from Lloyd’s of London and about 250 other underwriters in a partial settlement of a lawsuit to recover expenses stemming from the 1989 Valdez oil spill. . . . New York City’s Fifth Avenue, home to Tiffany & Co., Cartier and other prestigious retailers, retained its position as the world’s most expensive street in terms of retail rents last year, according to Hirschfeld Group, the New York retail real estate advisor.