S&P Raises Transocean Offshore Ratings
Standard & Poor's raised its ratings for Transocean Offshore Inc., renamed Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. (See chart page 2, related story page 8) At the same timeā¦
Mutiny Pardoned
President Bill Clinton recently granted a pardon clearing the name of Freddie Meeks, an 80-year-old black man convicted of mutiny in a 1944 wartime incident with racial overtones.
Second 'Chunnel' Not Likely
A motorway under the sea between Britain and France was mooted last week in a study issued by Eurotunnel Plc on a second cross-channel link. Almost 200 years afterā¦
Millennium Bug Proves More Myth Than Menace
The Y2K bug remained to be less than a threat last Tuesday as London rejoined the working world after the New Year break, but more traditional worries about interest rates quickly deflated markets.
French Beach Oil Slick Toll Rises
A new wave of heavy fuel oil from the sunken tanker Erika washed onto France's storm-battered western coast last week, this time hitting the shores of Ile de Reā¦
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