Bank of America to buy Countrywide for $4 billion
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Bank of America Corp said on Friday it agreed to acquire battered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp in a $4 billion transaction that could help avert one of the biggest collapses from the U.S. housing crisis.
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Bank of America agrees to buy the troubled mortgage lender for ''bargain-basement'' price of around $4 billion.
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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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Shares in Barclays Bank have surged 4% on speculation it may receive a takeover bid from Bank of America.
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The deal will bolster Bank of Americaâs position in the mortgage market while rescuing Countrywide from possible bankruptcy.
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British estate agency firm Countrywide  is in talks to be acquired by U.S. buyout group Apollo Management, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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Bank of America Corp. said Friday it has agreed to buy Countrywide Financial for $4 billion in stock, a deal that both rescues the country's largest mortgage lender and expands the financial services empire of the nation's largest consumer bank
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Countrywide Financial Corp ,  the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Thursday that it had  lined up $12 billion of secured financing to help cope with a  housing slowdown that has reduced loan demand and will lead to  widespread layoffs.
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Stocks rose on Thursday after a Wall Street Journal report that Bank of America  is in talks to buy mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp  sent financial stocks higher.
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Bank of America agrees to buy the troubled mortgage lender for 'bargain-basement' price of around $4 billion.
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The deal rescues Countrywide, Americaâs largest mortgage lender and expands the financial services empire of Bank of America, the nationâs largest consumer bank.
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Kenneth D. Lewis has gambled on bold acquisitions to build Bank of America into the nationâs largest bank, but  few of his bets match the acquisition of Countrywide Financial Corporation.
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Shares in US mortgage giant Countrywide soar on reports that it is in talks to be acquired by Bank of America.
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Bank of America Corp said on Friday it agreed to acquire Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, in a $4 billion transaction that could help avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.
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Investors found renewed confidence in a report that Bank of America is close to buying the struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial.
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Morgan Stanley's  real estate unit said on Thursday it would buy Australia's Investa Properties Ltd.  for A$4.7 billion (US$3.9 billion), the latest in a string of property takeovers by the U.S. investment bank.
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General Electric Co. agreed to buy a Citigroup business that provides lending and leasing services to the trucking industry for $4.4 billion in cash to build its commercial finance unit in areas where it already has expertise.