TD buys majority stake in Banknorth
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Toronto Dominion Bank will acquire 51 percent of US-based Banknorth Group Inc. in a $3.8 billion cash and stock deal that will allow TD to expand its reach in the Northeastern United States, TD said Thursday.
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Danske Bank A/S, the Nordic region&#39;s second-largest lender, agreed to buy two Irish units from National Australia Bank Ltd. for 967 million pounds ($1.86 billion) in its first major purchase outside of Scandinavia.
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TORONTO -- TD Bank announced its foray into US retail banking on Thursday, a day after rival CIBC signalled its focus will be on domestic operations, demonstrating how far apart Canadian banks are on their American strategies.
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Canadian control of Banknorth Group Inc. is likely to be good for consumers on this side of the border, an analyst said yesterday after confirmation that TD Bank Financial Group is to become majority shareholder in Banknorth Group Inc.
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Banknorth Group of Maine confirmed yesterday that it was in merger talks with TD Bank Financial Group of Canada, a move that would end Banknorth's short reign as New England's largest independent bank.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- TD Waterhouse, the retail brokerage arm of Canada&#39;s Toronto-Dominion Bank, agreed to pay $2 million Tuesday to settle charges it made illegal cash payments to investment advisers in return for business.
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Canada&#39;s TD Bank Financial Group is discussing &quot;a possible transaction&quot; with the Northeast regional bank Banknorth Group Inc.
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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 US dollars (4.6 billion euros) in cash.
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TD Bank Financial Group won unanimous approval from the Federal Reserve Board to buy a majority stake in New England's largest independent bank. Toronto-based TD, which also operates the brokerage TD Waterhouse in the United States, is buying a 51 percent stake in Banknorth, headquartered in Maine. The banks' chief executives have both said they hope the deal will give ...
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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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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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Shareholders in Abbey National PLC voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve the bank&#39;s acquisition by Santander Central Hispano of Spain.
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Danske Bank A/S, the Nordic region&#39;s second-largest lender, agreed to buy two Irish units from National Australia Bank Ltd. for 967 million pounds ($1.86 billion) to expand outside Scandinavia.
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The Toronto-Dominion Bank confirmed on Wednesday that it was negotiating to buy all or part of the Banknorth Group, which has branches in five New England states and upstate New York.
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Banknorth Group's largest shareholder, Private Capital Management, said it plans to vote in favor of the merger with Canada's TD Bank Financial Group after expressing reservations several months ago. The change increases the likelihood the merger will go through. Several of Banknorth's major shareholders had reservations because of the deal's structure. TD plans to acquire a majority stake in the ...
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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.