Maxicare Health Plans Inc. announced it has...

Maxicare Health Plans Inc. announced it has retained Prudential-Bache Capital Funding as its financial adviser and expects to complete renegotiations with its banks by April 12 . . . The Investment Company Institute reported that the assets of the nation’s 420 money market mutual funds fell $548.4 million to $278.23 billion in the week ended March 30 . . . Baker Hughes Inc. of Houston reported that the number of working oil and gas rigs in the United States fell by eight this week to total 935. A year ago, the count totaled 748.