Wachovia, Golden West shareholders OK merger
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Wachovia Corp. WB.N and Golden West   Financial Corp. GDW.N easily won shareholder approval on   Thursday for their merger, which would combine the   fourth-largest U.S. bank with the No. 2 U.S. savings and loan.
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West Corp.  on Wednesday said  it agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by Thomas H.  Lee Partners and Quadrangle Group LLC in a deal valuing the  provider of outsourced communications services at &#36;4.1 billion,  including debt.
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Alltel Corp., the sixth biggest U.S. cellular carrier, has agreed to buy Western Wireless Corp., a Northwest regional carrier which owns the Cellular One brand, for about $4.4 billion in cash and stock.
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Shares of Western Wireless Corp.  WWCA.O climbed 16 percent before the bell on Thursday after  the New York Times reported rural U.S. telephone company Alltel  Corp. AT.N is in advanced negotiations to buy Western  Wireless.
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Wachovia Corp. WB.N, the No. 4 U.S.  bank, on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit rose, including  its acquisition of SouthTrust Corp. during the quarter.
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Wachovia Corp. aims to increase its profile in the Northeast and Southwest by expanding its wealth-management division. The bank, based in Charlotte, said yesterday that it is buying Tanager Financial Services Inc.
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Penn National Gaming, Inc., and Argosy Gaming Co. say their boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Penn National will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Argosy Gaming for $2.
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U.S. bank Wachovia Corp.  on  Thursday said it would buy A.G. Edwards Inc.  for about  $6.8 billion in cash and stock to create the second-largest  retail brokerage in the United States.
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Wachovia Corp. WB.N on Friday   announced a partnership with a unit of General Electric Co.   GE.N to provide commercial and purchasing credit cards to   wholesale and treasury services customers.
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Wachovia said on Thursday that it would buy A.G. Edwards for $6.8 billion in cash and stock, forming the second-largest retail stock brokerage firm in the United States after Merrill Lynch.
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The travel reservation company agreed Monday night to be sold to Silver Lake Partners and the Texas Pacific Group.
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Film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. has set Dec. 17 as the date for a shareholder meeting to vote on the &#36;4.8 billion merger with an investor group led by Sony Corp of America, MGM said in a federal filing on Friday.
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consortium led by the Sony Corporation of America reached a tentative agreement today to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the Hollywood studio famous for James Bond and the Pink Panther, for
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Wachovia Corp. WB.N on Friday said   it has teamed up with a General Electric Co. GE.N unit to   provide commercial and purchasing credit cards to the No. 4   U.S. bank's wholesale and treasury services customers.
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Shareholders in the Chicago Board of Trade approve its $11.9bn (Â£5.9bn) merger with rival Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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Shareholders of Golden-based Adolph Coors Co. and Montreal- based Molson Inc. will cast ballots on the companies&#39; proposed multibillion-dollar merger Jan. 19, the brewers said.
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Wachovia Corp. agreed to pay a $37 million civil fine Thursday to settle federal regulators&#39; allegations that the banking giant violated disclosure rules in connection with its 2001 merger with First Union Corp.