First Nationwide Bank, a subsidiary of Ford...

First Nationwide Bank, a subsidiary of Ford Motor Co., has completed the purchase of Chicago-based Uptown Federal Savings, which has $2 billion in assets, for an undisclosed price . . . Times Mirror Co. completed its previously announced acquisition of Richard D. Irwin Inc., the textbook publishing subsidiary of Dow Jones & Co. . . . Mid Pacific Airlines suspended its inter-island air cargo operation in Hawaii, but company officials said they were continuing to put together a recovery plan to submit to bankruptcy court . . . Investment Company Institute reported that the assets of the nation’s 417 money market mutual funds rose $326.1 million to a record $275.24 billion in the week ended Feb. 3.