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| | ABC News: Wachovia Shares Fall on Golden West Deal |
 | | In this image released by Wachovia Corporation the Wachovia Corporation chairman and CEO Ken Thompson, right, and Golden West Financial Corparation chairman and CEO Herbert Sandler shake hands after a meeting in New York, Monday, May 8, 2006. |
 | | Wachovia Corp., the nation's fourth largest bank, is muscling into the West with a $25.5 billion deal to buy Golden West Financial Corp., a mom-and-pop shop that blossomed into a prized savings and loan. |
 | | Wachovia shares fell $3.71, or 6.3 percent, to $55.68 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange, where Golden West shares rose $4.82, or 7 percent, to $75.33. |
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