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| | Westbank stock soars on buyout |
 | | Shares of Westbank (Nasdaq: WBKC) leaped by $4.25 to $22.25, a 23.6 percent increase, on a volume of 282,000 shares. |
 | | Westbank has 17 branches, including 12 in Hampden County, one in Webster in Worcester County, and four in Windham County in northeastern Connecticut. |
 | | And NewAlliance, a $6.8 billion bank, can bring new products and services to Westbank, while Westbank, with about $822 million in assets, will bring a higher proportion of commercial loans to NewAlliance, she said. |
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