TD Buys US Retail Bank, Ups Dividend
86033
Toronto Dominion Bank (TD.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , Canada&#39;s second-biggest by assets, said on Thursday it would acquire a majority stake of US-based Banknorth Group Inc.
741093
The Toronto-Dominion Bank cautiously entered the United States consumer banking market with a $3.8 billion deal to acquire 51 percent of the Banknorth Group of Maine.
315673
The sale of National Australia Bank&#39;s Irish businesses reached a surprise conclusion yesterday when Denmark&#39;s Danske Bank clinched a Â£967m takeover.
622017
Toronto Dominion Bank (TD.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday that it is in talks with US-based Banknorth Group (BNK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) about a possible deal, in line with the Canadian bank&#39;s push for
328304
A Canadian banking group has reached an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in the parent of Evergreen Bank of Glens Falls.
338019
The retail company has another positive quarter and is buying back shares.
289098
In the second big banking deal to roll ashore in Maine this year, TD Bank Financial Group of Toronto announced Thursday it would pay $3.
381137
TORONTO - TD Bank confirmed Wednesday it is negotiating a possible deal that could see it buy a stake in Banknorth Group Inc. of Maine.
6464
Toronto-Dominion Bank has sealed its $3.8-billion (US) deal for Banknorth Group Inc., an acquisition meant to set the stage for rapid US expansion and make TD a more attractive
21121
The Bank of Montreal said it had agreed to buy two Wisconsin banks for $327.2 million to expand its Harris Bank unit in the Midwest. Bank of Montreal said it bought Ozaukee Bank for $190 million in stock, and Merchants and Manufacturers Bancorporation for $137.2 million in cash. Ozaukee has eight branches and Merchants has 45. Bank of Montreal, which is based in Toronto, has spent about 1.5 billion Canadian dollars ($1.4 billion) on banks in the United States since 2000 to expand the Harris Bank of Chicago, which it bought in 1984. Bank of Montreal bid $37.30 a share for Merchants, or 33 percent more than its closing share price on Monday. Merchants is based in New Berlin. Ozaukee, based in the Milwaukee area, is privately held.
457057
TXU Corp. (NYSE: TXU) said Monday it will increase its quarterly dividend 350 percent over last quarter to 56.25 cents per share. The increased dividend -- up from 12.
395423
Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.
77373
Analysts gave a broad thumbs-up on Friday to Toronto-Dominion Bank&#39;s (TD.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) $3.8 billion acquisition of a majority stake in Banknorth Group Inc.
549149
Canada's Toronto Dominion Bank TD.TO  said on Wednesday that it is in talks with U.S.-based Banknorth  Group BNK.N about a possible deal.
170306
TORONTO (CP) - Bank of Montreal and US subsidiary Harris Bank are paying $197.4 million for Indiana&#39;s 19-branch Mercantile Bank as they bolster their successful operations in the US Midwest.
653273
NEW YORK, August 24 (New Ratings) - Bank of Montreal (BMO.NYS) has announced its plans to raise its quarterly dividend by $0.04 to $0.
430146
Canada's T.D. Bank Financial Group is buying a controlling stake in Maine-based Banknorth for $3.8 billion.