St. George agrees to Westpac takeover
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washingtonpost.com     May 13, 2008            

SYDNEY, Australia -- Westpac Banking Corp. and smaller rival St. George agreed to a takeover deal Tuesday worth 18.6 billion Australian dollars ($17.5 billion) that would create Australia's biggest bank by market capitalization. Senior Westpac executives expressed confidence antitrust regulators... [read full story]                

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