Alton Joint Stock Co.

'Affordable' USG asbestos plan: Complex plan wins support of victim groups; awaits OK
Chicago Sun-Times; 1/31/2006; 1193 words; ...percent of USG's stock. "This is a very...USG's plasters and joint compounds. In the...Green Refractories Co., a former subsidiary of U.S. Gypsum Co. that made and sold...one new share of USG stock for each share they...in Downstate East Alton, who represents up...

Penn National Gaming Completes Acquisition of Argosy Gaming Company.
Business Wire; 10/3/2005; 1666 words; ...each share of common stock. The acquisition...agreements for the Alton and Joliet, Illinois...to be added and a joint venture), six off...Goldman, Sachs & Co., Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and Lehman...agreements for Argosy's Alton and Joliet, Illinois...

Smithfield expands presence in Spain, U.K.(Business Report)(Smithfield Foods Inc.'s acquisitions)
Feedstuffs; 2/16/2004; 1147 words; ...traded on the Spanish Stock Exchange, and the remaining...purchased Norwich Food Co. and Ridpath Pek, acquiring...did not already own in a joint venture. Terms of the...will be led by John Alton Jones, who had been co-managing director of...

Takeover Causes Little Change at Williams County, Ohio, Brass Rod Firm.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 8/22/2003; 760 words; ...Chase Brass & Copper Co., the brass rod manufacturer...September in a $164 million stock-for-stock deal. Olin, maker of...talking about forming a joint venture with some replacement...in the company's East Alton, Ill., factory...

Stocks take step forward
Chicago Sun-Times; 8/1/2000; 864 words; Stocks rebounded Monday from...13.9 billion in stock and assumed debt...Florida Power & Light Co., power plants in...behind Peco Energy Co.'s pending acquisition...clear the way for a joint venture with BellSouth...and Baton Rouge. Alton Telegraph sold to Freedom Journal Register ...