Wachovia in Deal to Acquire A.G. Edwards
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The deal will form the second-largest retail stock brokerage firm in the U.S. after Merrill Lynch.
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Wachovia (WB:NYSE - news - research) and SouthTrust (SOTR:Nasdaq - news - research) agreed to divest themselves of 18 branches to reach a deal with the Justice Department.
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The Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, an energy exploration and production company, said it had agreed to sell its Canadian unit for about $4.24 billion to Canadian Natural Resources, partly to pay off debt associated with its acquisition of the Kerr McGee Corporation and Western Gas Resources. The sale excludes AnadarkoÂs interests in the Mackenzie Delta and other Arctic frontier properties, which remain for sale. Tom Covington, an analyst with A. G. Edward, said Anadarko was trading out lower-growth properties for higher-growth properties acquired from Kerr McGee and Western Gas.
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Seat emptied by spying scandal filled The chairman and chief executive of Wachovia â the fourth largest retail bank in the US â is joining the board of HP.â¦
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Construction services company URS Corp.  said on Monday it would acquire Washington Group International Inc.  for about $2.3 billion to expand into the engineering and management of nuclear, infrastructure and environmental projects.
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Wachovia Corp. WB.N on Friday   announced a partnership with a unit of General Electric Co.   GE.N to provide commercial and purchasing credit cards to   wholesale and treasury services customers.
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A Pennsylvania-based casino and racetrack operator will buy the owner of Lawrenceburg&#39;s Argosy riverboat casino in a $2.2 billion deal that will create the third-largest gambling company in the nation.
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Wachovia snapped up one rival and is still digesting another.
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General Electric Co. GE.N on Monday  said it would buy the Edwards Systems Technology business from  SPX Corp. SPW.N for nearly $1.4 billion in cash to broaden  its security business.
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Prudential Securities Inc. , the second largest U.S. life insurer, has a decision to make in 20 days: what to do about its 38 percent stake in its joint brokerage venture with Wachovia Corp. .
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Wachovia Corp.'s Boston mutual fund division, Evergreen Investment Management Co., agreed to pay $32.5 million to settle allegations it allowed shareholders to market-time in violation of prospectuses, the Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday.
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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - At least two bidding groups plan to submit offers on Friday to acquire Cadbury Schweppes Plc's  U.S. beverage unit for as much as $15.8 billion (8 billion pounds), sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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Great Plains Energy has agreed to buy the crosstown utility operator Aquila for about $1.7 billion.
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U.S. bank Wachovia Corp.  on  Thursday said it would buy A.G. Edwards Inc.  for about  $6.8 billion in cash and stock to create the second-largest  retail brokerage in the United States.
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Wachovia Corp. has completed a $14.3 billion acquisition of SouthTrust Corp. to create the largest bank in the Southeast, both banks said Monday.
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General Electric Co. agreed to buy SPX Corp.&#39;s Edwards Systems Technology business for about $1.4 billion in cash to add fire detection and building safety systems to its three-year-old security systems unit.
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UK water firm AWG  said on Monday it had received new bid approaches after agreeing a 2.2 billion pound ($4.1 billion) offer from Osprey, an investment group including Canadian, Australian and British firms.