Batus Inc. said it had reached an...

Batus Inc. said it had reached an agreement with the Kansas Commissioner of Insurance that would remove an obstacle to the company’s soliciting non-binding proxy resolutions in its hostile takeover bid for Farmers Group, a Los Angeles insurer . . . R. H. Macy & Co. announced that it has completed its acquisitions of the Bullock’s, Bullocks Wilshire and I. Magnin divisions of Federated Department Stores for $1.1 billion . . . British retailer Marks & Spencer said its purchase of Brooks Bros. from Campeau Corp. of Canada has been completed . . . British Aerospace announced an order for five of its 19-passenger Jetstream 31 turboprop commuter airliners from USAir Leasing & Services, a subsidiary of USAir Group . . . Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum announced that it has completed its acquisition of Cain Chemical for $1.25 billion in cash . . . Southdown Inc. and Moore McCormack Resources agreed to sell a Moore McCormack energy subsidiary for about $148.7 million to Canadian Oxy Offshore Production, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum of Los Angeles . . . French cognac house Remy Martin ended its takeover bid for liqueur maker Benedictine, clearing the path for Italian aperitif group Martini & Rossi’s higher offer.