TD sells Schwab stake

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TD BANK, $84.99, is a buy for patient income-seeking investors. The lender (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $153.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.9%; www.td.com) now plans to sell its entire 10.1% stake in Charles Schwab Corp. (New York SCHW) for about $14 billion U.S. (or $20 billion Canadian). It will use $8 billion of that cash to buy back 100 million of its common shares (about 5.7% of the total outstanding). The rest of the proceeds will help the bank with its plan to expand its Canadian banking, wealth management and insurance businesses in the wake of its deal to settle charges over lapses in the anti-money laundering processes at its U.S. retail banking operations. TD Bank is a buy for patient income-seeking investors. investors…