US - Banking firm BB&T has sold 2.45 million of its common stock to its pension fund for US$52.9m.
Following the purchase, some 5% of the $1.5bn fund's assets were held in the company's common stock. As the shares traded in a privately placed transaction, the pension fund would be restricted fr...
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