By Barton Eckert, Business Journals


Capital One Financial is a step closer to closing on its purchase of Louisiana’s Hibernia Corp.

The shareholders of New Orleans-based Hibernia voted to approve a renegotiated price of $5 billion, which is 7.6 percent lower than the agreed amount before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.


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