| Business Summary | | Laidlaw,
Inc.
provides
passenger
services,
including
school
busing
and
inter-city
and
municipal
transit
services,
in
the
United
States
and
Canada
and
emergency
healthcare
services,
including
patient
transportation
and
emergency
department
management
services,
in
the
United
States.
In
March
1999,
the
Company
acquired
all
of
the
outstanding
shares
of
common
stock
of
Greyhound
Lines,
Inc.
in
a
transaction
valued
at
approximately
$800
million.
Greyhound
is
the
only
nationwide
provider
of
scheduled
inter-city
bus
transportation
services
in
the
United
States.
On
September
13,
1999,
the
Company
announced
its
plan
to
divest
its
United
States
healthcare
operations.
In
June
2001,
the
Company
and
five
of
its
subsidiary
holding
companies
filed
voluntary
petitions
for
reorganization
under
Chapter
11
of
the
United
States
Bankruptcy
Code. | More
from
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | LDWIF
provides
passenger
services,
including
school
bus
and
public
transit
services;
healthcare
transportation
services;
and
management
of
physicians'
services
in
the
U.S.
and
Canada.
For
the
nine
months
ended
5/31/01,
revenues
rose
4%
to
$2.41
billion.
Net
loss
from
continuing
operations
applicable
to
Common
decreased
86%
to
$114.3
million.
Revenues
reflect
route
additions
in
the
Education
Services.
Lower
loss
benefitted
from
the
absence
a
$663.8
million
impairment
losses. | More
from
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Developments |
| Officers | |
| Position | Peter Widdrington, 70 | Chairman | John Grainger, 51 | Pres,
CEO | Stephen Cooper, 54 | Vice
Chairman and CRO | I. Cairns | Sr.
VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec. | Geoff Mann | VP,
Treasurer |
| More
from
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Compensation,
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