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BB&T Corp to Buy SunTrust Banks in $66 Billion All-Stock Deal
Reuters, Feb. 7, 2019–Aparajita Saxena
BB&T Corp. said on Thursday it will buy rival SunTrust Banks Inc in an all-stock deal valued at $66 billion, creating the sixth-largest U.S. bank based on assets and deposits.