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The fleet of civilian aircraft is generally well regarded. While the Boeing 747 was involved in both the Air-India and the Japan Air Lines disasters, pilots still give the jumbo jet high marks. One British Airways captain, referring to the 747's ability to tolerate errors, calls the plane...
Ever since a leak of deadly methyl isocyanate at its plant in Bhopal, India, killed 2,500 people and injured more than 20,000 in December 1984, Union Carbide has been locked in one battle after another. Even as it faces up to $100 billion in lawsuits filed on behalf...
Union Carbide's consumer division, which last year accounted for 20% of company sales, contains such winners as Eveready batteries, Prestone antifreeze, STP fuel additive and Glad trash bags. Among the ready suitors rumored to be interested in these popular products are Procter & Gamble, Unilever and Ralston Purina. PERSONNEL Video...
The guerrillas have carefully nurtured the repopulation of northern Morazán by restoring some basic services that collapsed when the government abandoned the area to the rebels. There is still no electricity or telegraph service. Buses have not been seen for five years, and consumer goods are scarce. But the...
Despite his rhetoric, García has successfully imposed an economic austerity program as tough as any the IMF might envision. In his first month in office, he froze prices of consumer goods and rents indefinitely and devalued the sol by 12%. The result: a decline in the annual inflation rate...