Bank of America to buy Countrywide for $4 billion
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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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WASHINGTON - Countrywide Financial Corp. , the biggest US mortgage lender, fell for the fourth straight day in New York trading after regulators began an informal investigation of stock sales by chief executive Angelo Mozilo.
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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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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&#39;s ultra-wealthy clients.
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Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, will compensate as many as 4,500 black and Hispanic borrowers under an agreement announced yesterday with New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer.
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The fourth-largest U.S. bank said it benefited from the acquisition of Golden West Financial Corp. and higher loans.
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Bank of America Corp., the second-biggest US bank, said it will retain the U.S. Trust name for its private wealth-management business when it buys the business from Charles Schwab Corp. in July.
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Wall Street stocks rallied on Thursday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke raised expectations of further interest rate cuts and on reports Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is close to buying Countrywide Financial (NYSE:CFC).
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Thursday following news Bank of America  is in advanced talks to buy struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp .
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Bank of America has agreed to buy troubled Countrywide Financial Corp. for $4 billion, rescuing the nation's largest mortgage lender from possible bankruptcy and adding to a financial industry shakeout that has rattled global markets.
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Investors found renewed confidence in a report that Bank of America is close to buying the struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial.
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Shares in Barclays Bank have surged 4% on speculation it may receive a takeover bid from Bank of America.
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Bank of America Corp, the  second-largest U.S. bank, is in advanced talks to buy  Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, a  person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Countrywide Financial Corp , the battered mortgage lender being acquired by Bank of America Corp , posted a larger-than-expected fourth-quarter loss on Tuesday, as a sinking housing market caused more borrowers to fall behind on payments.
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Countrywide Financial Corp ,  the battered mortgage lender being acquired by Bank of America  Corp , posted a $422 million fourth-quarter loss on  Tuesday, hurt by mounting defaults in a sinking housing market.
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Bank of America is to become the largest US private banking firm, with the acquisition of Charles Schwab's US Trust.
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Bank of America Corp, the second-largest U.S. bank, is in advanced talks to buy Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.