Bank of New York to buy Mellon
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Bank of New York Co.  said on Monday it will buy Mellon Financial Corp.  for $16.5 billion, combining two storied names in American finance to create a powerhouse in custody services for institutional investors and one of the biggest asset managers.
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In a $4.5 billion stock transaction, the two will join forces to challenge the recently announced combination of Bank of New York and Mellon Financial.
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UBS AG, the Swiss investment-management company, said Monday it agreed to buy Julius Baer Holding AG's wealth management operations in the United States for an undisclosed sum.
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The Bank of New York's buyout will create the world's largest securities servicing and asset management firm.
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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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The world's leading sports management and marketing firm is to be bought by a New York  investment firm for an undisclosed fee.
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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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The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit tumbled 68 percent due to its exposure to assets backed by mortgages and a tough comparison to last year, when the bank sold its retail operations for about $1.4 billion.
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Australian property group Investa agrees to be bought by US investment giant Morgan Stanley for $3.9bn.
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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 New York Co. Inc.  on Monday announced plans to buy Mellon Financial Corp.  to create the world's largest securities servicing and asset management firm.
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SYDNEY/NEW YORK  - Morgan Stanley's  real estate unit said on Thursday that it would buy Australia's Investa Properties Ltd.  for A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion), the latest in a string of property takeovers by the U.S. investment bank.
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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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New York activist hedge fund Atticus  Capital LP has acquired shares of British bank Barclays Plc   and is pushing the bank to drop its 63 billion-euro  ($84.6 billion) bid for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , the  Financial Times reported on Monday.
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US investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is in talks to buy leading British hedge fund
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Bank of New York Mellon Corp   said on Thursday fourth-quarter profit fell, reflecting a  one-time gain a year earlier.
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Mellon Financial Corp.'s $16.5 billion sale to Bank of New York Co. will put three Boston executives in control of major units of the newly merged company.