Similar deals expected to follow Countrywide sale
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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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Countrywide Financial Corp., under pressure to help stem growing home loan defaults, says it will expand programs to help borrowers manage their mortgage payments regardless of the type of subprime loan they have or whether they have already fallen behind on payments.
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Wall Street stocks were set to open lower on Friday amid fears of bigger-than-expected writedowns and loan-losses at financial companies and as Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) agreed to absorb Countrywide Financial (NYSE:CFC), the troubled mortgage lender.
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Countrywide Financial Corp said on Thursday it has lined up $12 billion of financing to help weather a housing slowdown that 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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LOS ANGELES -- Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, said Tuesday it swung to a loss in the fourth quarter due to rising loss provisions and impairment charges as more borrowers fell behind on mortgage payments. The earnings fell well short of Wall Street estimates.
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Stocks were set to open higher on Friday after lender Countrywide Financial Corp.  said it expects to return to profitability this quarter and Microsoft Corp.  raised its profit outlook.
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Bank of America said Friday it would purchase embattled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. for $4 billion in an all-stock transaction.
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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.
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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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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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- Countrywide Financial Corp , which is in the middle of a crisis amid rising delinquencies and foreclosures, on Tuesday said it plans to offer refinancing options to subprime borrowers.
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Shares in US mortgage giant Countrywide soar on reports that it is in talks to be acquired by Bank of America.
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The deal will bolster Bank of Americaâs position in the mortgage market while rescuing Countrywide from possible bankruptcy.
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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, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Countrywide says it will recover in the fourth quarter, and investors appear to be buying what Angelo Mozilo's company is selling.
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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.