Bank America says European bank buy not a priority
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Bank of America BAC.N is open to   buying a European bank if the price is right but such a move is   not among its strategic priorities, its Chief Executive Kenneth   Lewis was quoted on Saturday as saying.
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The New York Stock Exchange, currently in the process of merging with pan-European rival Euronext, does not rule out making further acquisitions in Europe, NYSE finance chief Nelson Chai said in a magazine interview released on Wednesday.
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LONDON/AMSTERDAM  - A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland on Monday kept its offer to buy Dutch bank ABM AMRO at 71.1 billion euros ($97.9 billion) but raised the amount of cash it is offering after having to exclude ABN's U.S. arm from the purchase.
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"Consumers in Europe have no reason to lose confidence, the economic situation in Europe seems to be uncoupled from the situation in the U.S."  Euro nations see no immediate need to react to the growing threat of a U.S. slowdown that sent stock markets plunging Monday, the head of the group of 15 euro finance ministers said after they met for talks. via BusinessWeek
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A European consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland bid almost 100 billion dollars for Dutch banking group ABN Amro on Tuesday, casting doubt over ABN&#39;s agreed tie-up with British rival Barclays.
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Bank of America Corp on Friday said it agreed to acquire struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for about $4 billion  (2.04 billion pounds) in stock, a move that could help avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.
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Bank of America Corp  said on  Friday it would buy battered mortgage lender Countrywide  Financial Corp  for $4 billion, a move that could avert  one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.
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The Bank of America Corporation announced on Wednesday that it planned to raise $6 billion by selling preferred shares, one day after reporting a 95 percent decline in quarterly profit.
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Banknorth Group Inc. solicited bids from several other large banks before deciding that a Canadian bank could acquire a majority stake in the company, chief executive William J. Ryan told analysts yesterday.
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The sharp fall of the dollar against the euro could spur European companies to step up their acquisitions in the United States, but analysts say European buyers could face constraints in certain sectors.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - British bank Barclays's hopes of taking over Dutch rival ABN AMRO  won a boost on Tuesday when a court adviser said ABN could sell its U.S. arm without a shareholder vote.
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Bank of America Corp. , the second-biggest US bank by market value, said it lost $450 million when dairy company Parmalat SpA collapsed in 2003 in Italy's biggest bankruptcy.
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Bank of America Corp.'s $3.3 billion acquisition of U.S. Trust Corp. is a significant addition to the firm's Boston-based Global Wealth &amp; Investment Management unit, but don't expect the deal to yield new jobs here anytime soon.
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Countrywide Financial Corp   shares on Thursday fell below the $18 price at which Bank of  America Corp  may convert its $2 billion investment into  common stock.
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Barclays declines to comment on a report it may sweeten its Â£44bn offer for Dutch bank ABN Amro.
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The banking company is holding up in a tough market.
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Bank of America Corp.  said on  Monday it completed its $3.3 billion purchase of the U.S. Trust  business from Charles Schwab Corp. , and is defying  analyst concern that it would have trouble retaining many of  U.S. Trust&#39;s ultra-wealthy clients.