Sunday, April 22, 2007

Barclays deal for ABN-AMRO looms, BoA to buy LaSalle

(Reuters) - Analysts have said LaSalle could be worth between $18 billion and $23 billion, and the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that Bank of America would pay around $21 billion for LaSalle.

LaSalle would fill in one of the last remaining gaps in national coverage for the second-largest U.S. bank. LaSalle could boost Bank of America's share of the market around Chicago from about 2 percent to over 16 percent, according to analysts.


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