HSBC to buy 51 pct of Korean bank for $6.3 billion
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SEOUL/LONDON  - HSBC  has agreed to buy a 51 percent stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB)  from U.S. private equity firm Lone Star for about $6.3 billion in cash to boost its profile in Asia's third-largest banking market.
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IBM , the world's largest  information technology company, on Thursday said it agreed to  buy FileNet  for $1.6 billion, its third  software-related purchase announcement in a week.
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HSBC  is poised to put hundreds  of its French regional retail branches up for sale, a further  sign the bank is shifting its focus to emerging markets,  according to media reports on Sunday.
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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 dollars (4.6 billion euros) in cash.
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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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Goldman Sachs  is selling its 30.48 percent stake in South Korean cable TV operator C&M, valued at $970 million, a newspaper said on Monday, in the latest sale of Korean assets by foreign investment firms.
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Standard Chartered, the Britain-based emerging markets bank, said it has agreed to buy Taiwan's Hsinchu International Bank for 1.2 billion US dollars (947 million euros).
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Banking giant HSBC is moving to expand its presence in Asia through the acquisition of Korea First Bank. It has also been reported that Standard Chartered is competing with its
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U.S. buyout fund Lone Star is close to  terminating its $7.3 billion deal to sell Korea Exchange Bank  (004940.KS) to Kookmin Bank (060000.KS), as a prosecutor  investigation made the sale nearly impossible, the Financial  Times reported on Wednesday.
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U.S. buyout fund Lone Star said on Sunday  it was still in talks with South Korea's Kookmin Bank  (060000.KS) to sell Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) (004940.KS) but  may decide to scrap a preliminary deal reached in May.
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HSBC (0005.HK), Europe's biggest bank,  said on Monday it expected to remain profitable in Taiwan in  2008, as its acquisition of a local rival will help it access  more clients in Asia's third-largest wealth management market.
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South Korea's National Pension Service is interested in buying a 51 percent stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) from U.S. investment firm Lone Star, the fund's chief investment officer told Reuters on Tuesday.
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HSBC (0005.HK) will receive  T$47.5 billion ($1.5 billion) in Taiwan government funds and  make a major cash infusion to rescue the failed Chinese Bank,  in the latest Taiwan acquisition by a major foreign bank.
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Bank of America Corp.  said on Monday it completed its $3.3 billion purchase of the U.S. Trust business from Charles Schwab Corp. , and is defying analyst concern that it would have trouble retaining many of U.S. Trust's ultra-wealthy clients.
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HSBC Holdings is in talks to buy Korea First Bank from controlling shareholder Newbridge Capital, a senior South Korean official says, in a deal reportedly worth up to $3.
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HSBC  , Europe's biggest bank, said on Monday it had agreed to buy a 51.02 percent stake in Korea Exchange Bank , the sixth largest bank in Korea, for about $6.3 billion cash.