In Brief: Shareholders Back Sale Of Primerit to Norwest

Shareholders of Southwest Gas Corp. have approved the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Primerit Bank to Norwest Corp.

The deal, valued at $191 million, was announced at the company's annual shareholder meeting here July 16.

Primerit has nearly $2 billion of assets.

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