Southern Cross bosses buy in after slump

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Directors at Southern Cross Healthcare spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on shares in the care home operator Friday following heavy falls in the share price, the company confirmed today.

Chief executive Bill Colvin doubled his stake to 1m shares (just over 0.5% of the company) taking 500,000 shares at 83,78p a go, for a total of about £419,000.

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