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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (51249)	4/19/1999 3:09:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

OT This for Sarmad and a few others: I. BANK MERGER RILES GOLD MANUFACTURERS. Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston, well-known in the industry as big lenders of gold consignment, recently announced their intention to merge. Gold manufacturers told National Jeweler that the new company, to be called Fleet Boston Corp., may impact some companies' credit business. Fleet Financial is known as being very tough about lending requirements, while BankBoston is reputed to be less strict with its lending. Industry members are wondering what will happen when and if Fleet's top-credit customer base merges with BankBoston's customers, many of which may have been turned down by Fleet for credit in the past. For complete story: national-jeweler.com