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Avianca Merges With TACA. Colombian Avianca and Central-American, El Salvador based TACA have finalized their merger agreement to unite as one Latin-American airline company, keeping the two brands. The merger has been approved by antitrust and regulatory bodies.
CHC has agreed to be merged with CPT Wyndham Holdings Ltd and CPT Wyndham Sub Ltd, both are the affiliates of NewQuest Capital Partners and the funds managed by it. In 1983, the AMA made a secret pact with the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) to impose use of the CPT coding system on all physicians.