ALLEGHENY &lt;AG> AIMS TO DIVEST MORE BUSINESSES

  Allegheny International Inc,
  the consumer products concern that today announced a merger
  agreement with a First Boston Corp &lt;FBC> affiliate in a deal
  worth about 500 mln dlrs, said it intends to divest more units
  as a way to increase profits.
      "We're going to reduce AI to a size consistent with our
  financial resources," said Chairman Oliver S. Travers.
      "We have made a conscious, strategic choice to become a
  smaller, financially sound, consumer products company which
  operates predominantly in the stable political and economic
  environment of North America," he said.
  
  

