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TD to buy First Horizon in $13.4b US expansion

  Bloomberg Toronto-Dominion Bank agreed to buy First Horizon Corp for $13.4 billion, putting its massive capital stockpile to use for its largest deal ever and expanding its presence in the US Southeast. The Canadian bank will pay $25 a share in cash for Memphis, Tennessee-based First Horizon, according to a statement Monday. The purchase price is about 37% higher ...

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US stock index futures drop on return after ‘terrible weekend’

  Bloomberg US stock index futures slumped on Monday following a weekend of mounting sanctions on Russia, kicking off another potentially tumultuous week for equity investors. March contracts on the S&P 500 Index slid as much as 2.9% before trimming losses to 1.5% in New York. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 and the Dow were each down 1.3%. The poor ...

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Airline stocks sink after Europe, Russia slap airspace bans

Bloomberg Shares in European airlines slid after most of Europe closed its airspace to carriers from Russia, which reciprocated with its own bans. A Bloomberg gauge of European airlines dropped as much as 4.8%. In the broader market, the biggest decliners included British Airways-parent IAG SA, Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Air France-KLM. Smaller peer Finnair Oyj, which faces a wipeout ...

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