Bank of America in Talks to Buy Countrywide
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Bank of America is in talks with the troubled mortgage lender, according to people briefed on the situation.
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Countrywide Financial Corp  is working to structure another strategic investment similar to the deal Bank of America Corp  struck last month, the New York Post reported in its online edition on Tuesday.
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Countrywide Financial Corp ,  the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Thursday that it had  lined up $12 billion of secured financing to help cope with a  housing slowdown that has reduced loan demand and will lead to  widespread layoffs.
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U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday after news that Bank of America  is in advanced talks to buy struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp .
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Countrywide Financial Corp's   decision to sell itself to Bank of America Corp  was  driven in part by fear of potential crackdowns by regulators,  the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday.
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Bank of America Corp said on Friday it agreed to acquire Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, in a $4 billion transaction that could help avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.
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Bank of America Corp.  on Monday said it will buy Charles Schwab Corp.'s  U.S. Trust Corp. unit for $3.3 billion to expand in the lucrative business of managing money for the rich.
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Countrywide Financial Corp   shares on Thursday fell below the $18 price at which Bank of  America Corp  may convert its $2 billion investment into  common stock.
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Countrywide Financial, the nationâs largest mortgage lender, said yesterday that it had lined up $12 billion of financing to help weather a housing slowdown that it expects to lead to widespread layoffs.
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US investment bank Lehman Brothers is looking to buy European mortgage lenders, a report says.
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British estate agency firm Countrywide  Plc  is in talks to be acquired by U.S. buyout group  Apollo Management, a source familiar with the situation said on  Sunday.
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WASHINGTON - The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining stock sales of the chief executive of Countrywide Financial Corp. , the nation's largest mortgage lender, a person familiar with the matter said yesterday.
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Bank of America agrees to buy mortgage firm Countrywide Financial, which has been hit by the credit crisis.
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Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, on Tuesday offered to refinance or restructure up to $16 billion of adjustable-rate mortgages through the end of 2008.
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Officials from Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns and other major banks are in talks to bail out ACA Capital Holdings, according to two people briefed on the situation.
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WestLB, the German public sector banking giant, is considering making an offer to buy its regional public sector bank, Landesbank Berlin.
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Bank of America Corp is in advanced talks to buy struggling Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, several people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.