Bank of America buys US Trust for $3.3bln
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Bank of America Corp.  on Monday said it will buy Charles Schwab Corp.'s  U.S. Trust Corp. unit for $3.3 billion to expand in the lucrative business of managing money for the rich.
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Bank of America Corp. chairman Chad Gifford has sold about $17 million worth of stock in the bank and used the proceeds to buy even more stock in the North Carolina company, executives said.
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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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Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  on Tuesday said it agreed to be acquired by Tishman Speyer and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  in a deal valued at $13.5 billion, reflecting the strong demand for high-end real estate by private investors.
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Morgan Stanley's  real estate unit agreed to buy Australia's Investa Properties Ltd.  for A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion) on Thursday, the nation's third-largest property trust takeover.
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Montgomery-based Colonial BancGroup Incorporated has agreed to buy Union Bank of Florida for about 233 million dollars. In a statement Tuesday, Colonial says Union Bank operates 18 branches and holds 687 million in total deposits.
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Similar deals are expected to follow  Bank of America Corp's  agreement on Friday to acquire  battered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp  for  a knock-down price of $4 billion in stock.
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SHANGHAI/BEIJING  - Barclays  has won regulatory approval to buy into a Chinese trust company, securing a foothold in the country's fast-growing asset management sector, two sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.
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SYDNEY/NEW YORK  - Morgan Stanley's  real estate unit said on Thursday that it would buy Australia's Investa Properties Ltd.  for A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion), the latest in a string of property takeovers by the U.S. investment bank.
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The company said the move was part of its ongoing integration of FleetBoston Financial, which it bought last year. Bank of America, the largest retail bank in the US, said the cuts would not violate any job
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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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HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's biggest bank, agreed to buy a 51 percent stake in Korea Exchange Bank for $6.3 billion as it attempts to boost its presence in the fast-growing Asian market.
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Tishman Speyer Properties LP and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. agreed to buy US apartment developer Archstone-Smith Trust for $13.5 billion, expanding their residential assets as rents rise.
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NEW YORK: Bank of America, the No 3 US bank, on Thursday said third-quarter profit rose 29%, helped by its purchase of FleetBoston Financial and growth in deposits and credit card issuance.
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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, said it had made an undisclosed offer for the wealth business of ING Securities Bank (France), a unit of Dutch banking giant ING Group.
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Bank of New York Co.  said on Monday it would buy Mellon Financial Corp.  for $16.5 billion, combining two storied names in American finance to create a powerhouse in custody services for institutional investors and one of the biggest asset managers.
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Bank of New York Co.  said on Monday it will buy Mellon Financial Corp.  for $16.5 billion, combining two storied names in American finance to create a powerhouse in asset management and custody services for institutional investors.