Reed International PLC, a British paper, packaging...
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Reed International PLC, a British paper, packaging and publishing company, announced that its American subsidiary has agreed to buy the legal publisher Martindale-Hubbell Inc. for $303.7 million . . . Cigna Corp. has confirmed that it is negotiating to acquire Equicor, a joint group insurance and health-care venture owned by Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S. and Hospital Corp. of America . . . Police in Bangkok, Thailand, have lifted a ban on local distribution of the Asian Wall Street Journal after the newspaper’s editor said he regretted any misunderstanding caused by an article about Buddhism.
