Thursday, January 18, 2007

No mergers here, banks look abroad

January 18 - GlobeAndMail.com - Canada's Big Five look to foreign acquisitions in push for profits. Perennially frustrated in their attempts to do domestic mergers, the CEOs of Canada's banks are stressing their foreign expansion plans as they push to build profits.

In a presentation yesterday in Toronto, incoming Bank of Montreal chief executive officer Bill Downe said none of the banks expect to be allowed to marry up their domestic operations. Read More.

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