Wachovia to Buy Westcorp, WFS
12th Sep 2005, 11:32 GMT
Wachovia agreed to buy Westcorp for $3.42 billion to expand its auto finance group. It will also acquire the 16% of WFS Financial not owned by Westcorp for $490 million.
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