Bank of America to buy Countrywide
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Bank of America Corp on Friday said it agreed to acquire struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for about $4 billion  (2.04 billion pounds) in stock, a move that could help avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.
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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 battered mortgage lender being acquired by Bank of America Corp , posted a $421.9 million fourth-quarter loss on Tuesday, hurt by mounting defaults in a sinking housing market.
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Colonial BancGroup of Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday agreed to acquire Union Bank of Florida in in Sunrise, Fla. Under terms of the deal Colonial BancGroup will acquire Union Bank
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Bank of America Corp said on Friday it would buy mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for $4 billion in a move that could avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.
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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 , 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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CALABASAS, Calif. -- Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, said Tuesday it will begin calling borrowers to offer refinancing or modifications on $16 billion in loans whose interest rate is set to adjust by the end of 2008.
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Bank of America Corp said on Friday it would buy battered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for $4 billion, a move that could avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.
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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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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 is to become the largest US private banking firm, with the acquisition of Charles Schwab's US Trust.
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Spain's BBVA has agreed to buy U.S. bank Compass Bancshares Inc. for $9.6 billion in cash and shares, realizing a long-held goal to gain a solid footing in the United States.
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KeyCorp , a large Midwest U.S.  bank, on Friday said it agreed to sell its Champion Mortgage  subprime lending unit to Britain's HSBC Holdings Plc    and investment firm Fortress Investment Group LLC, so  it can focus on consumer and business banking.
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BBVA has agreed to buy U.S. bank Compass Bancshares Inc. for $9.6 billion, the Spanish bank said on Friday, realizing a long-held ambition to gain a firm footing in the United States.
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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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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.