09:34 AM EST - Bank of Nova Scotia : said Monday it planned to spend $2.3 billion to buy Sun Life Financial's stake in CI Financial. The deal for the 104.6 million trust units will give Scotiabank a 37.6 percent ownership stake in the country's third-biggest mutual fund company, which has net sales of $152 million. Bank of Nova Scotia
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