DATE: Wednesday, November 19, 1997          TAG: 9711190713

SECTION: BUSINESS                PAGE: D1   EDITION: FINAL 

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BIGGEST BANK DEALS

First Union Corp. to buy CoreStates Financial Corp. for $16.1

billion in stock.

NationsBank Corp. to buy Barnett Banks Inc. for $14.6 billion,

announced Aug. 29, 1997.

Wells Fargo & Co. buys First Interstate Bancorp for $14.2

billion, completed April 1, 1996.

Chase Manhattan Corp. merger with Chemical Banking Corp., $13

billion, completed April 1, 1996.

First Bank System buys US Bancorp for $9.8 billion, completed

Aug. 4, 1997.

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