Motel 6 Inc. said it intends to...

Motel 6 Inc. said it intends to reorganize as a limited partnership and sell about $250 million of limited partnership units to the public, representing a 35% interest in the reorganized firm . . . United Wine Producers said it has acquired a 95% controlling interest in Casa Vinicola Barone Ricasoli S.p.A., an Italian wine producer, from Jos. E. Seagram & Sons for undisclosed terms . . . International Business Machines’ board of directors authorized the purchase from time to time of up to 10 million shares of IBM stock in blocks of at least 5,000 shares . . . GTE-Sprint reported that a computer problem allowed customers to place $10 million worth of long-distance calls without being billed.