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$21 Billion dollars is the final offer from Bank of America

Bank of America acquires LaSalle Bank

by: Jack Leeroy - 4/23/07

Chicago, IL. (1pennystock.com) -- Bank of America wants more Customers and to do that they are willing to pay a generous offer of $21 billion dollars to LaSalle Bank Corp.

"I think there is a huge opportunity here, but the near-term costs are what people initially see," said Jefferson Harralson, an equity analyst with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. in Atlanta. "Long term, it's a great strategic move for them."

"Chicago is attractive to us," Bank of America Chairman and Chief Executive Ken Lewis "The opportunity arose and we acted."

Those 2 banks combine together will surpass the leader JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the United States.

"We will not plan on changing our retail deposit strategy," Lewis.

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