As expected, United Brands Co. changed its...
From Times Staff and Wire Service Reports
As expected, United Brands Co. changed its name to Chiquita Brands International Inc. . . . Cannell Studios signed a definitive agreement to buy independent television station WUAB-TV in Cleveland for $60 million . . . Whittaker Corp. said it will close the Carlsbad office of its electronic systems subsidiary by July 1 and will transfer those operations to its Simi Valley facility . . . The $825-million sale of Chrysler Corp.’s Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. subsidiary to an investor group led by Gulfstream Chairman Allen Paulson has been completed, the auto maker said . . . Anheuser-Busch Inc. announced that a new product, Busch Cold Filtered Draft, will be sold in clear, longneck bottles.
