Local veteran recalls Japan's final WWII flight
NORRISTOWN — Joseph Verruni watched two white planes with green crosses land on the Pacific island of Ie Shima in the Ryukyu Islands near Okinawa on Aug. 19, 1945. The planes carried Japanese envoys on the first leg of the defeated country’s trip to its surrender.
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Debt load weighs on Alameda Corridor
The rail expressway that helped make the L.A. and Long Beach ports complex the giant it is could become a burden to it thanks to the recession. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are a cargo powerhouse, handling about 40% of the country's imported goods and making possible hundreds of thousands of well-paying freight-related jobs.
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Swee Joo plunges 44pc on loan default
Swee Joo Bhd, a Malaysian cargo shipping operator, had a record drop in Kuala Lumpur trading after the company and its units defaulted on loans. The stock plunged 44 per cent to 20 sen at 11:55 am local time. With the default, Swee Joo has joined the stock exchange's watch-list of financially-troubled companies, meaning it must restore its finances or face de-listing, it said in a company ...
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What Amazon didn't say about e-books
When Amazon announced that it was selling more e-books than hardcovers, the numbers it provided were designed tell a story. But what numbers did it leave out?
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Buzz: Latest from the NFL
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