American Medical International signed a definitive agreement...

American Medical International signed a definitive agreement to sell six acute-care hospitals in Texas and Oklahoma to Medical Homecare for $52 million . . . Varian Associates of Palo Alto said it expects to report an after-tax loss in the range of $4 million to $6 million for the third quarter ending July 4 . . . Dayton Hudson said it has discontinued its Pickwick discount bookstore division; 17 of the stores are being converted to B. Dalton Bookseller stores and 20 others will be closed . . . Citicorp of New York has acquired National Permanent Bank, a federal savings bank in Washington, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. said . . . GTE Sprint plans to eliminate about 750 jobs at its headquarters in Burlingame, Calif., due to an impending merger with U.S. Telecom.