For Profit Hospital Chain Eyes Ohio Blue Cross Takeover
Akron Beacon Journal reports Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp is examining Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ohio in a possible acquisition. If pursued, the deal would be the first Blue Cross plan purchased by a non Blue Cross firm and would require Blue Cross to convert to for profit status with state approval.
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Freight gridlock as Northeast storm halts transport nationwide
Industry officials blamed the storm for widespread shutdowns with airports from Richmond to Boston closed and railroads strained. They warned freight would be delayed days to a week while terminals lacked staff and emergency orders kept roads closed.
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Boston
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Logan International
Manchester
New Hampshire
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Con-Way Central Express
Johnston
Dave McLaughlin
Kellaway Transportation Inc
Braintree
Mass
McLaughlin
Karvlis
Iowa
Michigan
Ed Martelle
American Airlines
John Flick
United Parcel Service
Lockheed to buy Loral for $9 billion
Lockheed Martin will acquire Loral's defense electronics unit for over $9 billion and reorganize Loral's Satellite and telecommunications arm into a new company 80 percent owned by Loral stockholders. The merged group would push annual sales to about $30 billion and employ roughly 203000 people.
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Loral Corp
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Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Corp
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McDonnell Douglas Corp
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
Defense Electronics Group
U.S. Defense Department
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New York
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Loral Space & Communications
New York Stock Exchange
Defense Electronics and NASA Support Center Opens in New York
A new New York headquarters houses 38 000 employees and 367 billion in annual revenues. It focuses on radar jamming devices, defense electromics and data systems, race and reconnaissance tech, satellite trading tools, and weapons emulator systems with NASA passion and operations support.
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Kreighbaum Named Top Executive At CoBancorp
Kreighbaum was elected chairman and chief executive officer of CoBancorp Inc and will lead Premier Bank & Trust. Robert T. Bowman was named chairman emeritus. Timothy W. Esson becomes bank president and director. The chain will run 40 full service offices in several Ohio counties.
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John
Kreighbaum
CoBancorp Inc
Premier Bank & Trust
Robert T. Bowman
PremierBank
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Delaware
Franklin
Erie
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Gold, platinum and palladium prices on Comex and Merc
Comex shows gold not available and platinum at 5418.50 per troy ounce while palladium trades around 134 45 per ounce. Ferrous metals and copper lead zinc tin mercury are unavailable. aluminum is not available and zinc not available. copper not evaluable.
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Market bids on principal grains at Lotam County fair
The Lotam County Farm Bureau Cooperative quoted yesterday's market bids for leading crops. Wheat sold at 443 per bushel, corn at 3.54, oats and soybeans at 719 per bushel.
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Thc
Oats & CO
Business travelers get disk guide to B and B listings
The Business Traveler's Guide to Inns & B B s on disk lists over 750 lodgings across the United States. The Windows based program fits four MB RAM and requires Windows 3.1 or higher. It includes location, phone, room rates, owner, accepted cards, cancellation policies, amenities, meals, and services like airport pickup and conference facilities.
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United States
Ty Beckton
Williams Hill Publishing
American Express
MasterCard
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