SHANDWICK BUYS LOS ANGELES PR COMPANY Public Relations consultancy <Shandwick Plc> said it had agreed to buy the Los Angeles-based <Rogers and Cowan Inc> which specialises in the entertainment industry. A total of 2.25 mln dlrs is payable on completion, 1.5 mln will be injected into the business through an interest free loan and the expenses of the acquisition amount to 660,000 stg. Shandwick said it would raise 5.1 mln stg through the placing of 1.16 mln shares to finance the deal, with the balance of 2.04 mln stg used to strengthen the balance sheet and in anticipation of future performance-related payments. In the year to end-September Rogers' operating income was more than 10 mln dlrs. After the acquisition Shandwick's U.S. Operating income will be comparable to that it earns in the U.K. Rogers' estimated that pretax profit in the year to end-1987 would exceed 900,000 dlrs. An extraordinary loss of 504,000 dlrs in 1986 resulted from the write off of assets. Net tangible assets at end-September were 363,000 dlrs. Shandwick shares were unchanged at 460p.