Deal to spur TD profit 10%

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TD BANK, $101.42, (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $184.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.5%; www.td.com) is a buy. The bank will now buy U.S. banking firm First Horizon Corporation. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, it operates 412 branches in 12 states that serve 1.1 million customers. The purchase makes TD’s banking operations the sixth largest in the U.S., with assets of $614 billion U.S. It will also have 1,560 branches in 22 states, serving over 10.7 million customers. TD will pay $13.4 billion U.S. in cash for First Horizon. If shareholders and regulators approve, the bank expects to complete the purchase by November 27, 2022. Meantime, the purchase should lift TD’s annual earnings by 10%, starting in 2023. TD Bank is a buy. buy…