TD buys majority stake in Banknorth
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Toronto Dominion Bank will acquire 51 percent of US-based Banknorth Group Inc. in a $3.8 billion cash and stock deal that will allow TD to expand its reach in the Northeastern United States, TD said Thursday.
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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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Tribune Co. TRB.N said on Thursday   it has acquired full control of amNewYork after buying a   minority interest from the free daily newspaper's management   group led by co-founder Russel Pergament.
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Shareholders in Abbey National PLC voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve the bank's nearly &#36;15 billion acquisition by Santander Central Hispano of Spain.
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Shareholders in Abbey National PLC voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve the bank&#39;s acquisition by Santander Central Hispano of Spain.
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Toronto Dominion Bank (TD.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday that it is in talks with US-based Banknorth Group (BNK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) about a possible deal, in line with the Canadian bank&#39;s push for
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Danske Bank A/S, the Nordic region&#39;s second-largest lender, agreed to buy two Irish units from National Australia Bank Ltd. for 967 million pounds ($1.86 billion) to expand outside Scandinavia.
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A Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group (MCG) led consortium (âConsortiumâ), in which Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL) has an approximate 13% interest, today announced it has been selected as the successful bidder for the acquisition of National
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Global banking giant HSBC said Monday it had agreed to buy a majority stake in South Korea&#39;s Korea Exchange Bank from US private equity fund Lone Star for about 6.3 billion US dollars (4.6 billion euros) in cash.
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LONDON  - Shares in Abbey National PLC, Britain's sixth-biggest bank and second-biggest mortgage lender, traded for the last time Friday ahead of the completion of its &#36;15.6 billion US acquisition by Santander Central Hispano SA, Spain's biggest bank.
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Banknorth branches across New England will become TD Banknorth under an agreement yesterday that gives Canada's TD Bank Financial Group a controlling stake in New England's largest independent bank.
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ElectricInvest Acquisitions Ltd., a division of Bahrain-based Arcapita Bank BSC, said Friday it will buy Viridian Group PLC, Northern Ireland's main power supplier, for 1.62 billion pounds ($3 billion).
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TORONTO -- TD Bank announced its foray into US retail banking on Thursday, a day after rival CIBC signalled its focus will be on domestic operations, demonstrating how far apart Canadian banks are on their American strategies.
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TORONTO (CP) - TD Bank confirmed Thursday it will buy mid-sized New England retail bank Banknorth for $3.8 billion US in a cash-and-shares deal.
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Canada&#39;s TD Bank Financial Group is discussing &quot;a possible transaction&quot; with the Northeast regional bank Banknorth Group Inc.
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NEW YORK : Toronto-Dominion Bank said it would pay 3.8 billion dollars for a controlling stake in Maine-based Banknorth Group as the Canadian lender moved to take its first foothold in US branch banking.
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Canadian control of Banknorth Group Inc. is likely to be good for consumers on this side of the border, an analyst said yesterday after confirmation that TD Bank Financial Group is to become majority shareholder in Banknorth Group Inc.