Deals
Capital One to Buy North Fork for $14.6 billion
McClatchy to buy Knight Ridder for $6.5 Billion; Watson Pharmaceuticals to buy Andrx; plus more stocks in the news Monday
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Capital One Financial (COF) agrees to acquire North Fork Bancorp (NFB) in a deal valued at approximately $14.6 billion in stock, cash, or $31.18 per North Fork Bancorp share.
McClatchy (MNI) is to acquire Knight Ridder (KRI) in a $6.5 billion deal, including about $2.0 billion in assumed debt at closing, at $40.00 cash, and a fixed fraction of 0.5118 McClatchy shares per Knight Ridder shares.