Business
Thrifts: Delaware judge OKs payment of $500,000 in reduced legal fees to end dispute prompted by merger.
Jan. 11, 2000
First Interstate Bancorp has sued Wells Fargo & Co., saying it violated securities laws in a “campaign of deceit and manipulation designed to undermine” First Bank System Inc.’
Dec. 20, 1995
BankAmerica, citing “difficulties in attracting qualified directors,” has asked its shareholders to relieve board members of liability to the corporation and its shareholders in instances of “gross negligence in performance of their duties.”
April 20, 1987
Wells Fargo Accuses Rival Bidder of Inflating Stock: Wells Fargo & Co. accused First Bank System Inc.
Dec. 1, 1995
BSD Bancorp officers conducted a relatively calm annual meeting Tuesday afternoon, given the fireworks that might have developed in the wake of First National Corp.’
Aug. 12, 1987
First Bank Rebuts Allegation of Charge: First Bank System Inc. lashed back at charges by Wells Fargo & Co. and others that it has used stock buybacks to inflate its bid for First Interstate Bancorp.
Dec. 6, 1995
A BankAmerica shareholder has filed a class-action suit against the company’s board of directors in an attempt to force serious merger negotiations with First Interstate Bancorp or any other qualified bidder.
Nov. 8, 1986
Tyson Foods Inc. said Monday that it would heed a judge’s order and resume plans to acquire IBP Inc. in a $3.2-billion deal that would combine the nation’s largest chicken and beef producers.
June 19, 2001
Some shareholders of Golden State Bancorp are asking a Delaware judge to stop financier Ronald Perelman from taking control of the California thrift in a $2.5-billion merger, saying investors are being shortchanged in the transaction.
Feb. 7, 1998
Buyout: Part of the bank’s strategy to buy First Interstate is ruled out. Wells Fargo stock leaps $6.25.
Jan. 20, 1996