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SHIP FIXTURE BREAKDOWN

Ship fixtures are a product of Transportation News Ticker, the |

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

JAPANESE BANKS EXPECTED TO SELL STOCK PORTFOLIOS

Hideko Morita |

Faced with mounting non-performing loans, Japanese banks are likely to add trillions of yen to loan-

NEW HAVEN RESIDUAL FUELS

Oct. 28, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

LONDON METALS

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Oct. 28, 1991Bid AskedCopper_

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE INDUSTRIAL PRICE INDEX

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago10/28 10/25 Change % Change: 10/2

CRB FUTURES INDEXES

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 217.86 off 1.37 which compares w

OZONE LAYER DEPLETION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT SAME PACE

A United Nations scientist, presenting the most comprehensive study of the Earth's protective ozone

ICEBERGS POSE THREAT TO SHIPS NEAR FALKLANDS

Ships around the Falkland Islands are being menaced by a flotilla of giant icebergs loose in the sou

FRENCH FIRM GIVES IN TO INDIA ON FREE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

N. Vasuki Rao |

In a quick about-face, France's telecommunications giant CIT-Alcatel has bowed to pressure from Indi

AGRICULTURAL TRADE LEADS

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G. WELCH, WIFE OF TRANSPORT MOGUL, DIES

Gloria Welch, the wife of Nat Welch, one of the best-known people in transportation, died last Frida

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US BARTERS SCIENCE PACT FOR BRAZIL PATENT REFORM

Washington is using Brasilia's keen interest in renewing a bilateral scientific cooperation agreemen

VIETNAM URGES THAI HELP TOWARD "BEAUTIFUL FUTURE'

Knight-Ridder Financial |

Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet Monday urged the Thai business community to share its experien

ROSALIND RACHID'S TRADETALK

Rosalind Rachid |

THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, home to much of Canada's commerce, industry and finance, is a lesson in wha

PLATINUM FUTURES DECLINE DESPITE S. AFRICAN NEWS

Knight-Ridder Financial |

Platinum futures dipped in thin, lackluster trading Monday at the New York Mercantile Exchange, desp

CHINA OFFERS COAL TO ATTRACT INVESTORS, LENDERS TO PROJECT

P.T. Bangsberg |

What's billed as China's biggest coal mine construction project may offer opportunities for foreign

ASIAN FUTURES

Oct. 28, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

JAPAN AIRLINES ORDERS 20 NEW-GENERATION JETS

Japan Airlines has decided to order 20 new wide-bodied Boeing 777 jetliners, Boeing Commercial Airpl

PEOPLE _ TRANSPORT

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FREYMILLER TRUCKING INC. (Bakersfield, Calif.) - Jerry K. Stanners was appointed president and chief

TNT SHOWS SIGNS OF REBOUNDING, DESPITE INDICATIONS OF LARGE LOSS

TNT is expected to announce a fiscal first-quarter loss of at least US$24 million (A$30 million) at

COST OF CREDIT

Mon., Oct. 28, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

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BALTIC FREIGHT INDEX

1650 (Oct. 28, 1991) Previous day - 1649 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

MANY YARDS COULD GET WORLD CITY CONTRACTS

Nobody can accuse World City Corp. of thinking small. Not only does the Oslo, Norway-based c

TRADE MISSIONS

FROM THE UNITED STATES/CANADA SOVIET UNION Oct. 26-Nov. 3. Kiev. Continuum Communications In

AMERICAN EXPRESS GIVES CREDIT FILES TO KOREA BANK

American Express has submitted computerized records of account holders' overseas spending as demande

INTERNATIONAL BUNKER PRICES

Journal of Commerce Special |

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Oct. 25, 1991.

JAPAN'S NEW PRIME MINISTER LIKELY TO BE A STRONG LEADER

A.E. Cullison |

As the winning candidate in the presidential election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party ove

COASTAL ACCUSED OF OVERCHARGING

Journal of Commerce Staff |

A Seattle seafood processing company is claiming that Coastal Transportation Inc. collected about $4

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STENA LINE BORROWS MONEY AS LOSS GROWS

Journal of Commerce Staff |

Stena Line AB, the Swedish shipping group, is raising $160 million (965 million Swedish kronor) as l

GASOLINE PRICES

Oct. 28, 1991 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

CHICAGO EXCHANGES TEST HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC CARDS

The Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange have been testing hand-held electronic tr

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