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That corporate name change was but one of 707 made so far this year, according to a survey by Anspach Grossman Portugal, a New York consulting firm. Last year 871 companies renamed themselves. While the trend toward name-lifts is hardly new, it has recently been accelerating.
It may prove to be the worst rail disaster in Portugal's history. At 2:40 p.m. last Wednesday, the seven-coach Sud Express, carrying hundreds of Portuguese emigrant workers, pulled out of the main station at Oporto, on Portugal's Atlantic coast, and headed east, destination Paris. Two hours...
At 6:40 p.m., the express and the local collided head on in the hills of northern Portugal. Several of the cars were crushed; at least five burst into flames. The blaze, said one fireman, was as hot as "the incinerator in a crematorium." The collision resulted in at least...
Helio Pena (acrobat) -- Originally from Portugal, Pena has travelled by way of Canada to juggle fire for the kids. He usually performs on Sunday on the raised area in front of Paperback Booksmith.
Manuel Martins Simtoes had been a truck driver in Lisbon, but when he got to Newark in 1974, he worked on a construction gang during the week and waited on tables weekends. Eventually, he saved enough money to buy a restaurant. "The building was really broken down and dirty," Simoes...