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...market, ended the week at $24.49, an increase of $3.51 in two days. In Tokyo the Nikkei stock index plummeted 729.42 yen, closing the week at | 29,515.76 yen. The market drop reflected concern that Japan, which depends on imported oil for 57.9% of its energy needs, might face tougher economic times. In Europe, which also relies heavily on Middle East oil, stock and currency markets gyrated nervously...
Engineers have outfitted trains and tracks with tougher steel and replaced dual car axles with single axles that swivel to enable cars to take banked turns faster and more smoothly. To prevent meltdown at high speeds, wheels have been enlarged and coated with heavy polyurethane treads...
...this she will need a free hand, but most observers think Leonard Lauder is ready to give it to her. There have been a couple of blowups, caused by the fact that Burns is tougher with stores than he is, but mostly, as an old-timer says, "Leonard gets a ton of vitamins out of having her around...
...tougher Milosevic gets with Kosovo, the more likely it is that Slovenia and Croatia will accelerate their moves away from the center. "Whatever happens now, Yugoslavia as we have known it since World War II is finished," says Zvonko Baletic of the Institute of Economics in Zagreb. "The best we can hope for is a confederation of basically independent states...
...clock flight testing to get FAA certification in October. Even so, first deliveries to airline customers will be later than originally promised, and revving up construction lines will require an investment of $2 billion this year. McDonnell maintained that his action was necessary to get the company ready for tougher days ahead, saying, "We cannot guarantee jobs where they do not exist...