TD acquires Banknorth stake
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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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A preferred buyer for the National Irish and Northern banks is expected to be announced by their parent this morning. National Australia Bank is due to make an announcement to the stock exchanges in Melbourne and London.
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BCE Inc , Canada's largest telecommunications group, announced the biggest buyout in Canadian corporate history on Saturday, accepting an offer worth C$51.7 billion ($48.5 billion), including debt, from a group including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan.
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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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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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TORONTO (CP) - Canadian door maker Masonite International Corp. is being acquired by a US buyout company in a friendly deal worth $3.1 billion.
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Toronto-Dominion Bank is in the final stages of negotiations to take a controlling interest in New England regional bank Banknorth Group Inc. in a transaction worth as much as $3.5 billion, according to executives involved in the talks.
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Toronto-Dominion Bank TD.TO made a  much-anticipated push into U.S. retail banking on Thursday,  announcing it would acquire a majority stake in Banknorth Group  Inc. BNK.N for $3.8 billion.
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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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The Toronto-Dominion Bank cautiously entered the United States consumer banking market with a $3.8 billion deal to acquire 51 percent of the Banknorth Group of Maine.
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Major foreign banks have for the first time acquired a stake in a German public-sector regional bank, in this case the HSH Nordbank, the Financial Times Deutschland reported.
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Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.  on  Monday said it agreed to buy Summit Bancshares Inc.   for &#36;363.5 million of cash and stock in a merger of two Texas  banks.
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HSBC Holdings , Europe's biggest  bank, is acquiring The Chinese Bank Co. in Taiwan and will  provide it with additional capital of between $300 million and  $400 million, it said on Friday.
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Nexen Inc., a Canadian energy and chemicals company, agreed to buy the UK oil business of EnCana Corp. for $2.1 billion, giving it control of the biggest British oil discovery in more than a decade.
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HSBC Holdings said Friday it will acquire The Chinese Bank in Taiwan after winning a government auction here, substantially boosting its operations on the island.
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The Danske Bank Group has signed an agreement with National Australia Bank to purchase Northern Bank (www.nbonline.co.uk) in Northern Ireland and National Irish Bank (www.
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Toronto Dominion Bank TD.TO, Canada's  second-biggest by assets, said on Thursday it would acquire a  majority stake of U.S.-based Banknorth Group Inc. BNK.N,  while also boosting its dividend and reporting a 17-percent  rise in profits.