The wild ride at Sovereign Bancorp continues. The Spanish bank that is buying Massachusetts' third-largest lender yesterday said it would replace Sovereign's chief executive after just a month on the job. The new owner, Banco Santander, also said Sovereign would have a $2 billion write-off and that it would take other steps to fix the bank's balance sheet. Neither Santander ... (Full article: 729 words)

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