Read more A.G. Edwards stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2425/ag-edwards.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 22:14:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/2690/wachovia-nabs-ag-edwards.htmlSam Gale Rosen<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=6323&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401034848' border='0' />Wachovia will buy A.G. Edwards for $6.8 billion, forming the nation's number two retail brokerage. Wachovia's $89.50 per share offer for the historic Midwest brokerage—it survived the crash of '29—helps the bank further expand its growing securities arm. The combined company will manage over $1...Cars drive past the Wachovia bank building in Baltimore in this Tuesday Jan. 23, 2007 file photo. Wachovia Bank said Thursday that it was considering a U.S. government request to help transfer $25 million to North Korea, a move aimed at paving the way for the communist country to shut down its nuclear program. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)http://www.newser.com/story/2690/wachovia-nabs-ag-edwards.htmlThu, 31 May 2007 12:58:57 CDT