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  • Lex: Barclays' silence 15 May 2008 21:34 GMT
    ... “proactive” in raising capital – the UK bank decided to do, er, nothing. Barclays reckons it does not need the money ... the lowest in Europe. The UK retail banking environment is deteriorating and global asset management ...

  • Barclays defends core capital ratio 15 May 2008 21:34 GMT
    ... | Last updated: May 15 2008 22:15 Barclays struck a defiant tone on Thursday, arguing ... capital reserves significantly. Barclays executives said the bank was keeping all options open with regard ... taken by other banks with significant investment banking operations. After including a £700m benefit from ...

  • Barclays profit falls after writedown 15 May 2008 21:31 GMT
    ... British bank Barclays said profits fell in the first quarter after it took a £1 billion (NZ$2.6b) ...

  • European markets rise, led by miners, drugmakers - European commentary 15 May 2008 20:38 GMT
    ... were among the top gainers, while Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Alliance & Leicester, Thomas Cook, ITV and ... sell assets and restructure its Calyon investment banking arm. Copyright(c) 2008 RealTimeTraders.com, Inc. All Rights ...

  • Trichet Warns of Impending Euro Zone Slowdown 15 May 2008 20:36 GMT
    ... VIENNA/FLORENCE, Italy -- European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet warned that surprisingly good euro ... to have reemerged as a hawkish outlier," Barclays Capital economist Julian Callow wrote to clients. ...

  • Too good to last 15 May 2008 20:35 GMT
    ... above 3%, well over the European Central Bank's ( ) target range of below 2%. Until ... unlikely to get better. Julian Callow, at Barclays Capital, reckons that may not grow at ...

  • Tech Stocks Rebound; Yahoo, Intel, RiM Up 15 May 2008 20:34 GMT
    ... ( ) Stock jumped 42% to $11.37. Barclays take quarterly charge, Tier 1 ratios decline ... ratios decline Barclays, the third largest British bank with a significant presence in the U.S. said ...

  • US CREDIT-Macy's debt prices in more weakness than peers 15 May 2008 20:32 GMT
    ... and most crossover retailers, said analysts at Barclays Capital. "As a full-priced department store, we ... Kohl's Corp (KSS.N: ), analysts at the bank said in a report. The company's leverage, a ...

  • Barclays announces £1 billion write down and lower profits 15 May 2008 19:55 GMT
    ... But Barclays did not ask shareholders for additional cash ... and are keen to raise capital. Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS and Bradford & Bingley ... to US sub-prime mortgages at its investment banking arm Calyon. It also plans to sell ...

  • Californians leading the way to consumer bust 15 May 2008 19:37 GMT
    ... very important to the health of the banking system. "California is big enough that it ... prices," Ajay Rajadhyaksha and Derek Chen of Barclays Capital in New York wrote in a ...

  • Playing the Agriculture Game 15 May 2008 19:24 GMT
    ... Based upon a sub-sector of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index, the fund is an equally ... Jones-AIG Commodity Index is tracked by a Barclays Bank-issued ETN launched in October 2007. Soybeans, ...

  • Gold & Euros Bounce on Inflation Fears; Ex-Fed Volcker Warns of Return to 1970s Stagflation 15 May 2008 19:24 GMT
    ... Manqoba Madinane in today's report from Standard Bank in Johannesburg . "That should support precious ... added 0.9% despite Mizuho – the second-largest banking group in Japan – writing down $3.9 ... Here in London Britain 's No.3 – Barclays Bank – today said the value of ...

  • Barclays' silence 15 May 2008 19:18 GMT
    ... “proactive” in raising capital – the UK bank decided to do, er, nothing. Barclays reckons it does not need the money ... the lowest in Europe. The UK retail banking environment is deteriorating and global asset management ...

  • Real value in credit, Invesco tells Forum 15 May 2008 19:14 GMT
    ... has also been buying back into the banking sector. Rights issues are good for bondholders ... has recently taken positions in HBOS and Barclays, which are trading at around 5x the ...

  • Gold Prices: Due North? 15 May 2008 18:38 GMT
    ... continues to spread across the nation’s top tier financial centers (see: Earnings crisis at Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, AIG, MBIA, and on), while the most severe housing downturn since the Great ...

  • Barclays banks on offshore 15 May 2008 17:39 GMT
    ... Barclays is increasingly confident in its use of ... global servicing new initiatives director at the bank, said its confidence has grown since its first ...

  • Partners Group - Holding(s) in Company 15 May 2008 17:38 GMT
    ... name of person(s) subject to the notification Barclays PLC obligation (iii): 4. Full name of shareholder(s) ... shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): Barclays Bank (Suisse) SA Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd ...

  • Issa's English co. up for sale 15 May 2008 17:17 GMT
    ... KPMG's Manchester office were named joint administrators. Issa could not be reached for comment. Barclays Bank declined to comment, citing customer confidentiality clauses. "For the avoidance of doubt, the administration relates ...

  • Barclays Bank debt, deposit ratings outlook cut to negative - Moody's 15 May 2008 17:17 GMT
    ... Datafeed and UK data supplied by ProQuote. While London South East do their best to ...

  • Blue chips hold back FTSE 15 May 2008 17:17 GMT
    ... balance sheet put the sector under pressure. Barclays said it was still considering fundraising options ... wider FTSE 100 Index shrugged off the bank woes to close up 35.8 points at ... Ben Bernanke gave a speech at a banking conference in the US. A brief rally ...

  • New recruit for Rhyme Systems' rhymeSIGHT 15 May 2008 17:16 GMT
    ... Focused on four key industries: banking; insurance; asset management and capital markets. Rhyme ... specific rhymeSIGHT clients. Rathbones, Friends Provident and Barclays are among the users of rhymeSIGHT. Prior ...

  • FTSE 100 closes up 35 15 May 2008 17:15 GMT
    ... decline in the travel operator's share price. Barclays moved lower after first quarter profits fell ... SABMiller helping to offset losses in the banking sector. Cadbury is lifted by its outgoing ... falls back after JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank downgraded the supermarket, both citing its cautious ...

  • FTSE up 0.6 percent as results boost 15 May 2008 17:15 GMT
    ... offset soaring commodity costs. On the downside, Barclays slipped 2 percent. It said profits fell ... assets tarnished by the credit crunch. The bank also refused to rule out a rights ... are still choppy because of the weak banking sector," said James Hughes, an analyst at ...

  • Seven Summits Research Releases Comments on RIG, HES, URBN, BCS, and NVS 15 May 2008 17:04 GMT
    ... stocks: Transocean, Inc. (NYSE: RIG), Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES), Urban Outfitters Inc. (Nasdaq: URBN), Barclays plc (NYSE: BCS), and Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS). These brief stock reports may contain details regarding ...

  • london shares - closing features 15 May 2008 17:00 GMT
    ... Airways 224 up 6 FTSE 100 fallers Barclays 418-3/4 down 8-1/2 1 billion pounds Q1 ... line; warns of flat ad revenues Royal Bank of Scotland 276 down 43-1/4 FTSE 250 risers ...


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