BMO Interested in LaSalle Bank, UBS Analyst Says

Bloomberg, Doug Alexander, 13 April 2007Bank of Montreal, Canada's fourth- largest bank, may offer to buy the Chicago branches of LaSalle Bank if they become available following a possible merger of two European banks, said Jason Bilodeau, an analyst at UBS Securities Canada.``Management indicated that it would be interested in the Chicago-based assets of LaSalle, which it knows well,'' Bilodeau