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Towering deal: Iconic Hub company sold

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Both firms race around to sell deal

John Hancock's CFO still hasn't sold the investment world on the merger between his company and Toronto's Manulife, but it isn't for lack of trying. (Boston Globe)
Video NECN: Hancock Sale

The road not taken

(By Steve Bailey, Globe Columnist, 10/1/03)
David D'Alessandro, the one-of-a-kind chief executive of John Hancock Financial Services, spent much of the last year in search of a merger partner.
John Hancock sold for $10.9 billion
John Hancock Financial Services, whose name is synonymous with Boston from its icon of a headquarters to the world-renowned Boston Marathon it bankrolls, has been sold. (9/29/03)

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 Manulife bid drops in value (Boston Globe)

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