Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, September 10, 1995                   TAG: 9509080136
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: F-3   EDITION: METRO 
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VIRGINIA COMPANIES EXPAND BY BUYOUTS

Nimbus CD International, Inc., a compact disc manufacturer, said it has bought HLS Duplication, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of software duplication.

HLS will be operated as a subsidiary of Charlottesville-based Nimbus under the name Nimbus Software Services, a news release said. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Richmond-based health insurer with operations in Roanoke, has purchased Healthy Homecomings Inc., a St. Louis-based home health agency that specializes in maternity and gynecological surgery follow-up care.

Trigon did not disclose terms of the transaction.

Healthy Homecomings provides services to members of more than 20 health plans in 10 states. Its OB/GYN and neonatal nurses make more than 30,000 home visits a year.

- Associated Press