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So now, I’m awake and watching morning news. I check out my local news and now see that Wachovia is going with a deal from Wells Fargo, Not Citigroup.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) last night presented Wachovia with a signed and Board-approved offer to purchase Wachovia Corporation as an intact company and without government assistance in a stock-for-stock merger transaction. Under the Wells Fargo proposal, each share of Wachovia common stock will be exchanged for 0.1991 shares of Wells Fargo common stock, representing a value of $7 per share, based on Wells Fargo’s closing stock price on Oct. 2, 2008.
Prior to receiving this proposal, Wachovia had been negotiating with Citigroup to complete a transaction supervised by the FDIC that included assistance from the government. Wachovia’s Board approved Wells Fargo’s offer last night.
The deal is for $15 billion. We’re still watching this deal, as we are Wachovia customers.
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The takeaway you can get from all these mergers and buy-outs is that the economy isn’t going into the toilet. There are always bigger fish to help out and eat the smaller… We might be in a recession, but clearly buying is still happening, even on massive scales…
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@ Hank: We’re keeping or money there until we see who buys Wachovia.How good their customer service is determines if we switch or not. I’m glad Wachovia had 2 interested buyers and I’m hoping Wells Fargo win.
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