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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Blackstone Group LP, the private equity firm that bought Equity Office Properties Trust in the biggest leveraged buyout ever, has sold 53 buildings in Washington, D.C., Portland, Ore., and Seattle for $7.55 billion, said three people with direct knowledge of the transactions.
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explanation of market-timing, further attorney comment. Picks up last graf. Also moving on general news wires. DENVER  _ The former chief executive of Invesco Funds Group has agreed to pay $500,000 to
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InterContinental Hotels Group Plc (IHG.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it was selling 13 hotels to Hospitality Properties Trust (HPT.
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International Paper Co. IP.N said  Friday it completed the sale of 1.1 million acres of forest  lands in Maine and New Hampshire for about $250 million to a  forest investment management company.
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Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. purchased Northland Cranberries Inc.'s processing plant and inventory for $28 million in cash to bolster its manufacturing and ingredient business.
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Hilton Hotels Corp. said yesterday it had agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group LP in a transaction valued at $26 billion.
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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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Real estate investment trust  Archstone-Smith  has agreed to be acquired by Tishman  Speyer and Lehman Brothers Holdings  for $22.2 billion,  including debt, the companies said on Tuesday.
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Capital One Financial, the largest independent U.S. credit-card issuer, promoted Lynn Pike to head its banking business, replacing former North Fork Bancorporation chief executive John Kanas as part of a management reshuffle.
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Food distributor Performance Food Group said it agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management for about $1.3 billion in cash.
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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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Capital One Financial Corp. said Wednesday that it agreed to acquire automobile finance firm Onyx Acceptance Corp. for $191 million in cash, expanding on Capital One&#39;s car loan division.
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American Financial Realty Trust on Tuesday agreed to acquire 252 commercial properties from Bank of America NA for a total price of about $570 million excluding unspecified transaction expenses.
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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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Tishman Speyer Properties LP and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. agreed to buy US apartment developer Archstone-Smith Trust for $13.5 billion, expanding their residential assets as rents rise.
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A Canadian steel maker, Ipsco, said it was buying the NS Group, a maker of steel pipes and tubes used in oil fields, for about $1.46 billion. The deal will be used to broaden IpscoÂs sales to the energy industry, the chief executive, David Sutherland, said. ÂThis is a transaction thatÂs all about growth, and if anything, what we will see over the next three years is a growth in the output of all of their facilities, as well as the continuing demand on our own,Â Mr. Sutherland said in a conference call. Ipsco agreed to pay $66 a share for the NS Group, which was a 43 percent premium to its closing price on Friday. After the transaction is complete, the new company is expected to have combined annual revenue of more than $4 billion. Ipsco, which is based in Regina, Saskatchewan, and has executive offices in Leslie, Ill., operates three steel mills and six pipe mills in the United States and Canada. The NS Group is based in Newport, Ky.