TD Buys US Retail Bank, Ups Dividend
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Toronto Dominion Bank (TD.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , Canada&#39;s second-biggest by assets, said on Thursday it would acquire a majority stake of US-based Banknorth Group Inc.
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Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.
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HSBC is interested in buying the $3 billion (1.6 billion pound) store and credit card operations of US retailer Federated Department Stores (FD.
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Toronto-Dominion Bank , Canada's second-largest lender, plans to make ''major acquisitions&quot; in the United States over the next few years after completing its proposed $3.1 billion purchase of a majority stake in Banknorth Group Inc. , chief executive Edmund Clark said.
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No. 2 Nordic bank eyes stronger EPS in &#39;06; shares fall 4.2% due to deal&#39;s size, reduced buybacks. MELBOURNE  - Denmark&#39;s Danske Bank has bought two Irish banks from National Australia Bank (NAB) for
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Canada's Toronto Dominion Bank (TD.TO) said on Wednesday that it is in talks with U.S.-based Banknorth Group (BNK.N) about a possible deal.
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GNC Corp. , the leading  retailer of vitamins and nutrition products, agreed to be  acquired by Ares Management LLC and the Ontario Teachers'  Pension Plan in a deal with a total enterprise value of $1.65  billion.
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Canada&#39;s TD Bank Financial Group says it&#39;s discussing a &quot;possible transaction&quot; with Portland, Maine-based Banknorth Group.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- TD Waterhouse, the retail brokerage arm of Canada&#39;s Toronto-Dominion Bank, agreed to pay $2 million Tuesday to settle charges it made illegal cash payments to investment advisers in return for business.
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Shares of Tramford International Ltd. (TRFDF) rose nearly 50% Wednesday, on news that a customer agreed to acquire the personal-computer business of International Business Machines Corp.
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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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First-quarter income at the Toronto-Dominion Bank fell from a year ago, when the bank recorded a special gain, but strong Canadian retail banking and wealth management produced robust results. Toronto-Dominion earned 921 million Canadian dollars ($793 million), down from 2.31 billion Canadian dollars a year earlier, when the bank posted a gain of 1.67 billion Canadian dollars from the sale of TD Waterhouse U.S.A. to Ameritrade. Revenue in the quarter, which ended Dec. 31, was 3.47 billion Canadian dollars, up from 3.40 billion Canadian dollars. Earnings at the wealth management segment, which includes the bankâs 40 percent stake in TD Ameritrade, jumped 35 percent, while profit at TD Canada Trust, the domestic personal and commercial banking unit, rose 14 percent.
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TORONTO - TD Bank confirmed Wednesday it is negotiating a possible deal that could see it buy a stake in Banknorth Group Inc. of Maine.
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Texas Instruments Inc  said on  Friday its board has approved an additional $5 billion share  buyback and the company plans to raise its quarterly cash  dividend by 25 percent.
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BCE Inc , Canada's largest telecommunications group, has agreed to a C$51.7 billion ($48.5 billion) offer from a group including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, in what the purchasers said was the largest buyout in Canadian corporate history.
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Texas Instruments Inc  said on Friday its board has approved an additional $5 billion share buyback and the company plans to raise its quarterly cash dividend by 25 percent.
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BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications group, has agreed to a C$51.7 billion ($48.5 billion) offer from a group including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, in what the purchasers said was the largest buyout in Canadian corporate history.