Sep 1/Bloomberg CaixaBank SA (CABK), Spain’s third-biggest lender, agreed to buy Barclays Plc (BARC)’s banking operations in the country for about 800 million euros ($1.1 billion) in cash to expand its business as economic growth picks up. The sale includes consumer, wealth and investment management and corporate banking businesses, Barcelona-based […]
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Goldman nears $1.1 billion payment to FHFA: Financial Times
Goldman Sachs Group Inc could pay about $1.1 billion to settle claims from the U.S. housing finance regulator that it sold bad mortgage-backed securities (MBS), the Financial Times reported. Negotiations between Goldman and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) could be concluded as early as next week, the business daily […]
Family Dollar spurns Dollar General bid on antitrust concerns
Family Dollar Stores Inc (FDO.N) rejected a $9 billion buyout offer from Dollar General Corp (DG.N) and issued a sharp rebuke to accusations its CEO favors a smaller bid from Dollar Tree Inc (DLTR.O) because it would allow him to keep his job. Family Dollar, the second-largest dollar store in […]

