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  1. Time : BB&T's purchase of Colonial BancGroup No. 3 deal of yearRead the original story

    Yesterday | Charlotte Business Journal

    Time magazine named has BB&T Corp .'s purchase of Colonial BancGroup Inc. 's assets one of the top 10 Best Business Deals of 2009.

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    Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, BBT, Winston-Salem, NC, Wachovia Corporation, Bank of America

  2. Top 10 stories of 2009Read the original story

    Yesterday | Montgomery Advertiser

    Later that month, Colonial BancGroup filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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  3. Colonial BancGroup limps through bankruptcyRead the original story

    Yesterday | Montgomery Advertiser

    As of last month, Colonial BancGroup had three employees and a negative net worth of $321 million.

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    Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Banking, Financial Services, Montgomery, AL

  4. Top 10 Metro Stories of 2009Read the original story

    Yesterday | Montgomery Advertiser

    ... Colonial Bank was shut down by the government in August and sold to BB&T Corp. Later that month, Colonial BancGroup filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. At least eight different lawsuits have been filed against the bank, which became the ...

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    Related Topix: Montgomery, AL, Best of 2007, Banking, Financial Services, Economics News, Bankruptcy, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Bobby Bright, Democrat

  5. Some Colonial BancGroup employees left out of COBRA

    Monday Dec 28 | Birmingham Business Journal

    Employees of Colonial BancGroup Inc. 's brokerage unit are tangled up in a complex acquisition battle that could ultimately leave them without health insurance coverage by year end.

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    Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Health Insurance, Health

  6. Old Southern Bank gets new dose of capitalRead the original story

    Oct 22, 2007 | Orlando Business Journal

    ... forces. Previous partnerships included Southern Bank of Central Florida, founded in 1980 and sold to Colonial BancGroup in 1996; and Southern Community Bank, founded in 1998 and sold to Fifth Third Bank in 2003. Growth on the horizon Old Southern ...

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    Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Orlando, FL, Clermont, FL, Altamonte Springs, FL, Winter Park, FL

  7. SmarTrend research report available on Colonial BancGroup

    Thursday Dec 24 | Customer Interaction Solutions

    SmarTrend, the proprietary pattern recognition system, has made available a free sample copy of our premium research report on at http://www.mysmartrend.com/research/ SmarTrend, our proprietary pattern recognition system, called a Downtrend for Colonial BancGroup on August 14, 2009 at $0.41. Since then, Colonial BancGroup has returned 96.9% as of ...

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    Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking

  8. BB&T finding early success in Birmingham market

    Monday Dec 21 | Birmingham Business Journal

    ... months ago. The Winston-Salem, N.C.-based banking giant, which acquired deposits and assets of failed Colonial BancGroup Inc. , grew its deposits in the Birmingham-Hoover market by $170 million since August. And its deposits across Alabama surged by ...

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    Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Banking, Financial Services, Energy, Oil & Gas, Hoover, AL, Jefferson County, AL

  9. BB&T finding early success in BirminghamRead the original story

    Monday Dec 21 | Birmingham Business Journal

    ... months ago. The Winston-Salem, N.C.-based banking giant, which acquired deposits and assets of failed Colonial BancGroup Inc. , grew its deposits in the Birmingham-Hoover market by $170 million since August. And its deposits across Alabama surged by ...

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    Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, Banking, Financial Services

  10. BB&T Takes Over Failing Colonial BancGroupRead the original story

    Aug 15, 2009 | HeraldTribune.com

    ... lurks in corners of the financial industry that remain plagued by a legacy of bad investments. On Friday, Colonial BancGroup, a large lender that rode the excesses of the nation's real estate boom, was seized by federal regulators, making it the ...

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    Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, IndyMac Bancorp

  11. Where to Invest 2010: Economic Fast TrackRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | SmartMoney

    ... It's one reason he likes regional banks, including BB&T, a well-capitalized bank that bought failed Colonial BancGroup with government help to expand further into the Southeast. While the Winston-Salem, N.C.based bank has faced rising loan losses as ...

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  12. BB&T names Kelly King chairmanRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 16 | Birmingham Business Journal

    ... bank. King oversaw the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.-brokered acquisition of the failing Alabama-based Colonial BancGroup Inc. , BB&T's biggest merger ever. As of Sept. 30, BB&T had $165.3 billion in assets and operated more than 1,800 financial ...

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    Related Topix: BBT, Banking, Financial Services, Energy, Oil & Gas, Jefferson County, AL

  13. Kelly King named BB&T chairmanRead the original story

    Monday Dec 14 | Charlotte Business Journal

    ... King also oversaw the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.-brokered acquisition of the failing Alabama-based Colonial BancGroup Inc., BB&T's biggest merger ever. As of Sept. 30, BB&T had $165.3 billion in assets and operated more than 1,800 financial ...

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    Related Topix: BBT, Banking, Financial Services

  14. Bank selling Georgetown landRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 13 | Residential Real Estate

    ... was too high, John Endendyk said. The price was reduced in 2006, but there were still no takers, and Colonial BancGroup took the site back this summer. That bank was bought by BB&T this August. If you are already a Austin Business Journal subscriber ...

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  15. Colonial failure may cost the FDIC twice as muchRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 12 | Birmingham Business Journal

    Colonial BancGroup Inc. 's collapse in mid-August could cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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    Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Energy, Oil & Gas, Alexandria, VA, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, University of North Carolina Charlotte

  16. Bank selling Georgetown landRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | Austin Business Journal

    ... was too high, John Endendyk said. The price was reduced in 2006, but there were still no takers, and Colonial BancGroup took the site back this summer. That bank was bought by BB&T this August. This article is for Paid Subscribers ONLY. If you are ...

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    Related Topix: Austin, TX

  17. BB&T exec Kelly King says ex-Colonial Bank doing great

    Thursday Dec 3 | Alabama Live

    BB&T Corp. has increased Birmingham-area deposits by $169 million since taking over for Colonial BancGroup in August, which Chief Executive Kelly King called welcome news amid his attempts to instill his company's business philosophy at 102 new branches and among hundreds of new employees.

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    Related Topix: BBT, Banking, Financial Services, Birmingham, AL, Montgomery, AL, Economics News, Bankruptcy

  18. Whatley Drake to represent Colonial Bank employees in lawsuitRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | Bizjournals

    Birmingham law firm Whatley Drake & Kallas was recently appointed to help lead a prominent case against Colonial BancGroup Inc.

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    Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Energy, Oil & Gas, Alabama, Personal Finance, Retirement

  19. Law firm named in Colonial suitRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | Montgomery Advertiser

    A federal judge in Montgomery named a Birmingham law firm co-lead counsel in an employee lawsuit filed against Colonial BancGroup officers, directors and executives.

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    Related Topix: Montgomery, AL, Financial Services, Banking

  20. Deutsche and BNP Paribas sue Bank of America over $1.73BRead the original story

    Nov 27, 2009 | InvestmentNews

    ... Halldin said the bank has been actively trying to recover funds in the bankruptcies of Taylor Bean and Colonial BancGroup Inc., which served as a bank for deals done by Taylor Bean and Ocala. Bank of America sued Colonial in August over $1 billion ...

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    Related Topix: Banking, Deutsche Bank AG, Financial Services, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance