Humana Inc.: The Louisville, Ky.-based health-care provider...

Humana Inc.: The Louisville, Ky.-based health-care provider reported that net income for the year ended Aug. 31 rose 12.7% to $256 million. Sales totaled $4.09 billion, up almost 19% from fiscal 1988. The company said the earnings figures included an extraordinary loss of $16.1 million from the early retirement of debt and a gain of $16.2 million from a change in accounting procedures.