TD Ameritrade in Merger Talks with E*Trade

The Globe and Mail, Sinclair Stewart, 23 August 2007If the U.S. discount brokerage industry is indeed poised to undergo another round of consolidation, few people can match the kind of cards that Ed Clark is holding.There is a significant wrinkle, though: The head of Toronto-Dominion Bank is playing a pair of hands at the same time.Speculation about online brokerage mergers was revived yesterday