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Mon 12 Dec 2006Bank of NY buys Mellon for $16.5bnBank of New York has agreed to buy Mellon Financial Corp for $16.5 billion.Bank of New York stockholders will get 0.9434 of a share, and Mellon stockholders will get one share for each of their shares in the new company, which will be called Bank of New York Mellon Corp.