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DEADLINE ON RUBBER PACT EXTENDED UNTIL END OF JULY

John Zarocostas |
Senior officials from 30 rubber exporting and importing nations agreed Thursday to extend the deadli

BALTIC FREIGHT INDEX

JOC Staff |
1445 (Mar. 28, 1996) Previous day - 1430The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L
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SHIP FIXTURE BREAKDOWN

Ship fixtures are a product of Knight-Ridder Financial, TNT, |
GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule
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EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
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INSURANCE BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
JAPANESE COURT: INSURERMUST PAY IN SUICIDE CASETOKYO - The Tokyo District Court in a landmar

HOUSE BANKING CHAIR DOES AN ABOUT-FACE

Margo D. Beller |
Coming full circle with efforts to deregulate the banking industry, the House Banking Committee said

MARITIME BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
TWO KILLED IN FALLINTO SHIP'S WASTE TANKLONDON - A ship's captain and its first engineer die
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JOURNAL OF COMMERCE - FAST FACTS \ MALAYSIA TO US: WATERBORNE IMPORTS SHIFTS

PIERS database, New York |
No story.

CHEMICAL PRICES

Compiled by Rosalie Spiller, Journal of Commerce Chemical |
As of Mar. 28, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

OUTSIDE FACTORS DULL SUCCESS OF SEAWAY

Aviva Freudmann |
The St. Lawrence Seaway System, a 2,400-mile waterway linking the Midwest to the Atlantic Ocean, is

US, EU STEEL GROUPS PROPOSE PACT TO END TARIFFS, OTHER BARRIERS

Richard Lawrence |
U.S. and European Union specialty steel producers formally proposed Thursday an international agreem

SPOT METALS PRICES

JOC Staff |
Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150 per ton lots

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE INDUSTRIAL PRICE INDEX

The Center for International Business Cycle Research at |
(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 31 '95, - Mar. 28, '96 (a graph)(2)

JAPANESE STORES WARNED TO STOP PRICE-FIXING ACTIVITY

Associated Press |
Japan's Fair Trade Commission ordered 13 major department store companies Thursday to stop rigging t
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QUOTE TO NOTE \ THE DEVIL MADE THEM DO IT?:

_ John McQuaid, president, Intermodal Association of North |
''Everyone builds the church for Easter Sunday; then we live with the fact we have more agnostics th
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JAPAN'S MOVE TO CANCEL INSURANCE TALKS DISMAYS US

John Maggs |
Only a few weeks before President Clinton meets with Japan's prime minister, talks designed to solve
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NEW PHILIPPINE LAW SCRAPS QUOTAS ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT IMPORTS

Knight-Ridder Financial |
Philippine President Fidel Ramos on Thursday signed into law a bill scrapping quotas on agricultural
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US STUDY: INDIA OFFERS OPPORTUNITY IN MANAGEMENT OF HOSPITAL WASTE

N. Vasuki Rao |
A promising new area for American companies appears to be on the verge of opening up, thanks to a re
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HOUSTON BACKS OFF ON INCREASE IN PORT RATES FOR GENERAL CARGO

Kevin G. Hall |
Port of Houston commissioners have temporarily backed away from controversial increases in wharfage
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FREIGHT RATE FUTURES

JOC Staff |
Mar. 28, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low
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EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOLDINGS SOAR

Reuters |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the diversified insurance holding company controlled by billionaire Warren

PRE-EXISTING CONDITION LAW TO TAKE EFFECT IN GEORGIA

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer |
A new state law that starts Monday will allow people with pre-existing medical conditions to get cov

SHIPBREAKERS IN INDIA SEE BLEAK FUTURE

N. Vasuki Rao |
India's shipbreaking industry is in trouble, with output down, costs up and little hope of improveme
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TRANSPORT BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
BOEING PLANS TO SELLGEORGIA HARDWARE UNITNEW YORK - Boeing Co. said Thursday it plans to sel

TWO STUDIES AT ODDS ON AIR CARGO CONSORTIUM

Michelle Dalton |
Two recent studies offered a mixed verdict on the feasibility of creating a consortium to pool air c

EU LEADERS MEET IN ITALY FOR SUMMIT OF THE DECADE \ MAD COW SCANDAL THROWS SHADOW OVER CONFERENCE

Bruce Barnard |
A refurbished Fiat auto plant in this northern Italian city is the unlikely setting for the start of

BUNDESBANK KEEPS KEY RATES UNCHANGED MARK RALLIES

Knight-Ridder Financial |
The Bundesbank's decision Thursday to keep key interest rates unchanged triggered a jump in the valu

TRADE BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports |
MITSUI, PARTNER STARTRICE-POLISHING VENTURETOKYO - Mitsui & Co., a leading Japanese trading
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ECONOMY GROWS 9.5 PERCENT IN MALAYSIA

From Wire and Staff Reports |
The Malaysian economy grew by 9.5 percent in 1995 compared with 9.2 percent a year earlier, Malaysia
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DEERE SALE CLEARS TWO FINAL HURDLES

Journal of Commerce Staff |
A $187 million sale of John Deere combines to Ukraine cleared two final government hurdles.T
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JAPANESE LIKELY TO KEEP EATING BEEF

Coco Kubota |
Although Japanese consumers can be notoriously skittish about food safety issues, analysts said they
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MEXICO VEGETABLES EAT INTO FLORIDA'S US MARKET SHARE

From Wire Reports |
Bad weather and increasing competition from Mexico have significantly reduced Florida's share of the
Maritime

WOVEN AND KNITTED CLOTHING: US WATERBORNE IMPORTS

Compiled by the Journal of Commerce from database of Port |
No text.
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P&G VOICES CONCERNS ABOUT UP-SP MERGER

Gregory S. Johnson |
Union Pacific Corp. and Southern Pacific Lines clearly have their work cut out for them as more ship

EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Information Supplied by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
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SPOT COMMODITIES

JOC Staff |
Mar. 28, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

HOUSE APPROVES DEBT LIMIT MEASURE CONTAINING PROVISION FOR LINE-ITEM VETO

Tom Connors |
The House on Thursday passed national debt limit legislation held hostage in the long battle between
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EU FARM MINISTERS TARGET BEEF PROBLEM

From Wire Reports |
France said on Thursday it had secured an emergency meeting of European Union farm ministers in Brus
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

JOC Staff |
The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among
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