US Broker Buys HarrisDirect

E*Trade Financial is to buy HarrisDirect from Canada’s BMO Financial Group for $700 million. The acquisition gives E*Trade 430,000 customers — each with an average account balance of $70,000. HarrisDirect,....

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By: Toni Blake
August 9, 2005
E*Trade Financial is to buy HarrisDirect from Canada’s BMO Financial Group for $700 million. The acquisition gives E*Trade 430,000 customers — each with an average account balance of $70,000. HarrisDirect,....