Lloyds TSB Group to acquire mortgage lender HBOS

UK bank Lloyds TSB Group agreed to acquire troubled mortgage lender HBOS, a person familiar with the matter said, in a government-brokered deal aimed at shoring up the British banking system amid a worsening global financial crunch.

The deal will be announced Thursday morning, the person said.

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