Bank Of America To Sell Part Of Ccb Stake

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Mon, 08/29/2011 - 7:36am

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp is selling about half its stake of China Construction Bank to a group of investors for $8.3 billion in cash, the bank said on Monday.

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