Pacific Lighting and Thrifty Corp. set special...

Pacific Lighting and Thrifty Corp. set special shareholders meetings for Aug. 5 to vote on Pacific Lighting’s proposed purchase of the drug discounter . . . The board of British Leyland voted to change its name to Rover Group PLC . . . Cadbury Schweppes said its proposed $230-million purchase of RJR Nabisco’s beverage business was cleared by U.S. antitrust authorities.