Capital One finishes $13.2 bln North Fork purchase
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Capital One Financial Corp.  said on Friday it completed its $13.2 billion purchase of North Fork Bancorp Inc., becoming the 11th-largest U.S. banking company and third-largest retail bank by deposits in the New York metropolitan area.
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Hospitality Properties Trust is purchasing 13 hotels for 450 million dollars from InterContinental Hotels Group. Newton-based Hospitality has also signed 25-year
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Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  on Tuesday said it agreed to be acquired by Tishman Speyer and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  for $22.2 billion, reflecting a strong, lingering appetite for real estate by private investors.
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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's ultra-wealthy clients.
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MANILA (Dow Jones)--Hong Kong&#39;s First Pacific Co. (0142.HK) on Wednesday completed the sale of a small stake in its local unit Metro Pacific Corp.
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Blackstone Group LP  priced its  initial public offering at the top end of the range on  Thursday, even as lawmakers pushed for its delay, raising $4.13  billion in the largest U.S. IPO in five years.
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Janus Capital Group Inc. said Wednesday it has finalized a &#36;226.2 million settlement with state and federal regulators over improper trading allegations, part of a scandal sweeping the &#36;7 trillion mutual funds industry.
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Capital One Financial in McLean, Va., Wednesday agreed to acquire Onyx Acceptance in Foothill Ranch, Calif., for $191 million. Under the terms of the deal, Onyx shareholders will receive cash of $28 per share.
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Hynix Semiconductor wrapped up a $830 million sales deal of its non-memory unit with Citigroup Venture Capital (CVC), the worldâs second-largest memory chipmaker said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday said it has approved a request from SunTrust Banks Inc. (STI) and SunTrust Bank Holding Company to purchase Memphis-based National Commerce Financial Corp.
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Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest US home funding company, said on Wednesday it has agreed to sell $5 billion worth of non-cumulative preferred stock in two placements to qualified institutional buyers
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The brokerage will buy back more than 100 million of its shares at up to $22.50 each, and will pay a one-time dividend.
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Luggage maker Samsonite Corp. , a company on the verge of bankruptcy only four years ago, agreed to be bought on Thursday by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners  for $1.1 billion in cash.
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The sale of Riggs National Corp.  RIGS.O to PNC Financial Services Group Inc. PNC.N was  resurrected on Thursday, with Riggs agreeing to accept a 16  percent cut in the purchase price.
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Blackstone Group LP  units rose 13 percent in their first day of trading on Friday, as the first major U.S. private-equity firm went public and minted billions of dollars of new wealth for its founders.
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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.
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Citigroup wrote off a colossal $18.1  billion on Tuesday and secured new capital as Merrill Lynch,  also seen heading for big losses due to the U.S. subprime  mortgage meltdown, announced a $6.6 billion shot in the arm.