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Bank of America to sell 13.1B shares of China Construction Bank

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: August 29,2011

Bank of America Corp. today said it has agreed to sell about 13.1 billion common shares of China Construction Bank Corp. to a group of unnamed investors. The Charlotte-based bank said the sale, slated to close in the third quarter, is expected to generate roughly $8.3 billion in cash and an after-tax gain of about $3.3 [...]