Barclays

British taxpayers would be livid if they had to save the British bit of Barclays' investment bank.

Barclays Capital said the immediate effect of a downgrade should be supportive for the dollar.

Suppose Barclays, under Chinese government control, were to run at least part of its business along similar lines.

Barclays said it had taken hits in areas such as Spain and the Middle East, while HSBC continued to rack up impairments in its U.

Economist George Johns from Barclays Capital says the move has not come as a surprise to those in London's financial district.

If there had never been a banking crisis, news that Bob Diamond will take over as chief executive at Barclays would barely deserve comment.

But this relates more to a general drive by Barclays to get out of less profitable businesses than a reflection on Russia.

Journalist: How much do you think your time at Rangers will help you acclimatise to the Barclays Premier League?

But HSBC and Barclays continued to see significant loan-impairment charges in the third quarter.

China Development Bank, the policy lender, entered the fray with the purchase of a $3bn stake in Barclays of the UK a year ago.

Sources of Barclays said the British bank has pulled out of talks to buy parts of New York investment bank Lehman Brothers.

"How much weight China can pull will depend on the commodity in question, " said Xinyi Chen, analyst at Barclays Capital.

"The price charts had been flagging buying signals, " said Jonathan Spall, a gold specialist at Barclays Capital in London.

However, they said the deal would give Barclays a credible exit strategy if it were to walk away from ABN.

Barclays Capital said the lacklustre buying was the result of the reserve price being set at market prices.

Barclays has so far resisted taking any government capital, and is therefore expected to pay any fee for an insurance scheme in cash.

Mr Daniels is one of several bank bosses, including Barclays' John Varley and HSBC's Stephen Green, to step down in recent weeks.

"The system is just not working, " agrees Simon Samuels, banks analyst at Barclays Capital in London.

Jian Chang at Barclays Capital said the latest move by the bank demonstrated Beijing's determination to tackle "difficult tasks" .

Mr McGee admits Barclays also had to get used to the volatile and unpredictable nature of the investment banking business.

Speculation also heated up earlier this week after the company backed out of a Barclays technology conference.

A little more than a week into their Barclays Premier League title defence and Manchester United already face a must-win game.

Shortly afterwards, Varley called Sants and told him that Barclays was pulling out of the negotiations.

Barclays Capital said in a report this week that it expects the yuan to appreciate 5% against a basket of currencies over the next year.

Lehman officials said they believed the firm had not one but two potential buyers: Bank of America and Barclays, the big British bank.

"That may also mean that the BoE has been able to think more creatively, " said Barclays Capital economist Julian Callow.

"Inflation has historically been a powerful force to deal with fiscal and real adjustments, " Barclays said.

Some old guards, like Robert Diamond Jr, president of the Barclays, are trying to prevent major regulatory changes.

it was the American arm of Lehman that was for sale, which Barclays bought out of bankruptcy for, in effect, nothing.

Poulsen made his Barclays Premier League debut during the 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion and feels he is now ready to show his best form.

Technical analysts at Barclays Capital said oil would find it tough to break through $70, for the time being at least.

Indeed, only Manchester City have had more attempts at goal than Liverpool in the Barclays Premier League so far this season.

I know an applicant who was asked: "Don't you think the Piazzetta San Marco in Venice looks like a branch of Barclays bank? "

Barclays is prepared to make significant concessions to secure that deal, including a commitment to move its head office to Amsterdam.

Barclays, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Royal Bank of Canada are among the names to have been bandied about as predators in recent weeks.

Both Barclays and RBS have done this sort of thing before.

Its action was "more tactical than concerted intervention" , said Julian Callow, European economist at Barclays Capital.

"All the banks were doing it but Barclays was the best. It was the edgiest, " says one person who knows the business.

The Bank of England was particularly hostile to Barclays going ahead without a guarantee.

"This just emphasizes to me that it will be quite some time before they're moving, " said Dean Maki of Barclays Capital.

Rafa Benitez spoke to radio journalists as part of the build-up to today's Barclays Premier League clash with Stoke City at Anfield.

Through the trading desks at Barclays, Universa bought 50, 000 options contracts, according to people familiar with the matter.

Even by the high standards of Manchester United, it's been a dream start to the Barclays Premier League season.

Grant Kvalheim, co-president of Barclays Capital, said the business intended to boost headcount by 15 per cent or more next year.

"Those are the securities most vulnerable to some sort of change" , said Joseph Abate, strategist at Barclays Capital.

Andrew Lu, an analyst at Barclays Capital, said there was no disagreement over strategy.

The draw means Liverpool Reserves finish their Barclays Premier Reserve League season in third place in Group B.

At Barclays, there are more people working in its Asian operations than in the whole of the bank a decade ago.

"OPEC has for the moment been removed as a force for moderating prices on the upside, " said Barclays Capital.

CDB already owns a stake in Barclays Bank and is in the process of transforming itself into a commercial lender.

'Domestic demand-driven prices are beginning to grind higher, ' says Prakriti Sofat, economist at Barclays Capital in Singapore.

Lehman was allowed to probe Barclays because of the speed with which the deal with Lehman's was reached.

Unlike some of its competitors, Barclays Wealth offers its services across the whole wealth management market.

Dean Maki of Barclays Capital says that falling wealth tends to affect consumer spending over many years rather than right away.

Barclays, equally frustrated, walked away on Sunday, said the person with knowledge of the discussions.

Last week, a top executive of Barclays Wealth kicked up a little controversy by saying that rich people can be royal pains as customers.

However, in 2001, she decided to leave her job at Barclays Capital.

Even when a deal with Barclays seemed within reach, the British Financial Services Authority vetoed it.

Bank analysts at Barclays Capital suggested that government guarantees and subsidies for loans to smaller businesses might be wiser.

Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank said on Friday the current levels might be a good buying opportunity.

The Financial Times reported over the weekend that Barclays plans to defer payment of up to 100 percent of bonuses for its top staff.

"It's as if the ECB has sinned and has to do penance, " says Julian Callow at Barclays Capital.

Barclays based its calculations on data from the Bank for International Settlements, or BIS.

'By July we will begin to see a steady increase in import levels, ' says Barclays Capital analyst Nicholas Snowdon.

By Sunday morning, the U. K. 's Barclays looked like the sole potential buyer.

When Rothschild moved out of the commodities business, it was replaced at the fixing by Barclays.

Analysts say Barclays' expansion will depend on the bank's ability to attract and retain talent.

Everton have won just once in five Barclays Premier League but the visit of the bottom side gives them a chance to end that run.

There were at least three potential suitors: the Korean Development Bank, Bank of America and Barclays.

Barclays was expecting about $2 billion, he said, adding "that was on the high side" of analyst estimates.

It was a decision that lifted his mood. "Would Barclays consider bidding for Lehman out of Chapter 11? " McDade asked.

Analysts from Barclays Capital pointed out yesterday that it is one-and-a-half times the entire stock of notes and coins in the economy.

But Tim Bond of Barclays Capital reckons it is only a matter of time before the Treasury-bond sell-off leads to higher spreads.

After Lehman collapsed last September, Barclays Bank and Nomura bought substantial parts of its business.

If Barclays decides to participate in the U. K. government's asset-insurance plan, the pressure on its capital likely would increase.

Barclays, the UK bank, has also been on an aggressive hiring spree, seeking to make inroads in regional equity, as well as debt, markets.

Barclays executives were last night still negotiating with the government but the bank is expected to raise several billion pounds.

"It will be a difficult game as it is always in the Barclays Premier League, " added Rafa.

Barclays' commodity positions were no doubt small beer.

Indeed, Barclays economists suggest that the sustainable rate of unemployment (sometimes known as the Nairu) will rise from 6 to 9 per cent.

That deal involved a team of 45 Barclays staff, led by Stephen King, head of principal mortgage trading, leaving the bank.

Still, a new survey from Barclays Wealth shows the extent to which the American rich lead the world in giving.

Barclays, based in London, says it is evaluating the benefits of the plan.

The Chinese lender is not seeking control, and while Barclays should be wary of the reputational risks, those are a matter for its board.

But in the end he did not need to contemplate exercising a veto because Barclays saw Lehman as too hot to handle.

The first part of the Barclays extreme nominalism The Ideological Origins of doing a bit rough reviewed.

"Credit-related expenses were far higher than what guidance had been, " said Rajiv Setia, a strategist at Barclays Capital in New York.

Only about a third of Barclays' activity is in Britain, partly thanks to its purchase of bits of Lehman Brothers in 2008.

A year later, the Playwright isn't yet part of Barclays' culture.

Barclays has already muttered about decamping from London if it is stripped of Barclays Capital, its lucrative trading arm.

Barclays has already muttered about decamping from London if it is stripped of Barclays Capital, its lucrative trading arm.

In the footage filmed from the Barclays Capital building the plane can be seen apparently flying close to buildings.

A Barclays spokesman declined to comment on the bank's performance.

Based on yesterday's share price, the value of CDB's investment in Barclays has roughly halved from when it bought the stake a year ago.

Barclays shares have soared more than five-fold in the last three months, after Britain's financial regulator said its capital was adequate.

This week's investment in Barclays included a tranche of his own money.

"We remain a supportive long term shareholder in Barclays and a key commercial partner of Barclays, " Qatar Holding said.

Perhaps, argues Tim Bond, a market strategist at Barclays Capital, the falling cost of CDSs is a harbinger of things to come.

Barry Knapp, at Barclays, reiterated his view that history will probably show that April was the month the recession ended.

In 1988, armed with a reference from Prof Goodhart, Ms Fang arrived in the UK to work at Barclays Bank as a financial economist.

Under a "go-shop" provision of that sale, Barclays can seek alternative bidders for iShares until June 18.

Tim Bond, of Barclays Capital, suggests they are "unwilling to believe that the region is capable of endogenous growth" .

Executives at Barclays, Deutsche Bank and UBS have done the same, even though the first two have avoided government injections of capital.

Sir Alex Ferguson admits Saturday's trip to the Emirates Stadium could be a key clash in this season's Barclays Premier League title race.

"Risk appetite is slowly but surely on the rise and commodities are gaining favour quickly, " Barclays Capital said in a report.

Tim Bond, of Barclays Capital, suggests that equities might present the "buying opportunity of a generation" .

Barclays Capital projects a U. S. truck burning 12, 000 gallons of diesel a year could save almost a dollar a gallon by switching.

Barclays was not expected to take on Lehman's foreign operations, which have been growing in recent years in both Europe and Asia.

Reina has spent the season trying, unsuccessfully , to stop United securing a third consecutive Barclays Premier League title.

Concerns that Chinese demand for commodities could slow after the Olympic Games should not be overdone, says Yingxi Yu at Barclays Capital.

While the import data were surprisingly strong, Yang Lingxiu, a Barclays Capital economist, said the export data were not alarming.

According to Barclays Capital, the annualised real return since the start of 2003 has been a meagre 1%.

It is Barclays, with its aim to become the world's top investment bank, that may yet fall short of its grand ambition.

S. economist at Barclays Capital. And most forecasters proved to be too pessimistic as prior deep recessions ended.

Barclays' chief executive and president both said they would forgo their bonuses for a second year.

But Temasek and China Development Bank have the right to appoint directors to the board of Barclays under their deal.

Andrew Lawrence, Barclays Capital's head of regional property research, is among the most bearish of analysts.

Price forecasts at Barclays see demand growth returning to push prices back up to $100 a barrel.

November's exchange-trading volume was down 25% from a year earlier, according to Barclays Capital.

Chelsea aim to stretch their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League to five points in the latest round of fixtures.

Barclays is committed to retaining BarCap and would resist any attempt to enforce a break-up.

Barclays is one of many firms that allow five years' unpaid leave.

Julian Callow, European economist at Barclays Capital, said: "They feel the tide is turning in their favour and want to surf a bit. "

Commercial lending, Barclays Capital (the investment bank) and wealth management have been brought together into one unit.

But unless my memory deceives me, Barclays was almost as eager to stump up countless billions for the now-broken Dutch bank.

Amrita Sen, commodities analyst at Barclays Capital, cautioned that the IEA's Saudi production data could be revised upwards.

Transfer deadline day again proved busy for Barclays Premier League clubs. For all the deals of the summer transfer window, click here.

The new boss of Barclays, Antony Jenkins, has said that he will be quick and bold in making reforms at the bank.

"The GSEs continue to have access to funding, " said Rajiv Setia, a strategist at Barclays Capital in New York.

'The management team has demonstrated an ability to hold onto market share despite being everyone's target, ' Mr. Johnson of Barclays said.

They had alleged that Barclays facilitated a number of deals, which contributed to the collapse of the energy trading company.

Barclays PLC worked for months on the project, then withdrew and built its own fund, the iShares Gold Trust, which also holds bullion.

The European Borrowing Unit offers no rate of interest but has been created by Barclays Capital to shield its users from currency swings.

The boss was also quizzed by journalists at how he planned to improve results away from home in the Barclays Premier League.

But Barclays says that even though spot prices have fallen, forward prices are holding up well across the sector.

Barclays Wealth has held discussions with children as young as eight to start identifying potential future leaders within a family.

'The elephant in the room is fiscal tightening, ' says Julian Callow, an economist at Barclays Capital in London.

And he is confident of being fully fit for our Barclays Premier League opener against Sunderland in two weeks' time.

Barclays said it was the victim of inaccurate claims in a 1944 history book.

Barclays appointed Bob Diamond, the head of its investment-banking business, as its new chief executive from March 2011.

A living will for Barclays would ideally allow regulators to save its deposit-taking unit, while allowing Barclays Capital to fail.

As to our financial standing , you may refer to our bankers , Barclays Bank in London.

Abu Dhabi's IPIC, after selling out of Barclays, says it is pursuing 'hydrocarbon-related' opportunities.

Adam Bennett, formerly head of global market data at Barclays Capital, spotted the opportunity back in 1999.

Barclays Capital estimates that so far about one million barrels per day of production has been shut down.

The 25-year-old, who can play up front or on the right wing, would jump at the chance of a move to the Barclays Premier League.

The decision was made by the Barclays Awards Panel, which includes representatives from football's governing bodies, the media and fans.

And 1896 was also the year that Barclays, a British bank, chose an ancestor of PwC as its auditor, a relationship unbroken to this day.

However, Barclays' purchase in 2005 of ABSA, another South African bank, has not transformed its position in the rest of Africa.

This could be a "game changer" for wheat, says Sudakshina Unnikrishnan of Barclays Capital.

"This [accord] is a very disappointing outcome, " said Trevor Sikorski, director at Barclays Capital.

As in Germany, that process could be slow and rely more on hiring freezes than lay-offs, says Julian Callow at Barclays Capital.

Take Barclays, which riled shareholders with a dilative capital-raising in October but has avoided taking government cash.

Zimbabwe Barclays Bank in charge of public relations, placed her on the desk inside the door in the bank the right side of the entrance.

Mourinho does not believe it is a sign that Liverpool can challenge for the Barclays Premiership title next season.

Lehman claims that Barclays should pay it as much as $11 billion for an allegedly undisclosed "windfall" on the brokerage.

The deal with CDB will also enable Barclays to sell its asset management products into the fast-growing Chinese market.

Kevin Nolan is a key figure in the Newcastle midfield and led the Magpies back to the Barclays Premier League as captain last season.

But Barclays Capital has contributed solidly to the group's profits, accounting for 30% of the total in 2006.

Ahead of the crisis, Mr Chen flirted with several big investments in western banks (and CDB did buy a small stake in Barclays of the UK).

"Silver's price rise this year is not being driven by fundamentals, which are weakening, " says Suki Cooper of Barclays Capital.

The victory over Stoke was Liverpool's third consecutive win in the Barclays Premier League - a run underlined by a trio of clean sheets.

When plans for that marriage collapsed, he turned to Barclays.

Barclays Chief Executive John Varley and Barclays President Bob Diamond will each get a seat on BlackRock's board.

As a result, small firms struggle to reach the critical mass needed to be exporters, says Laurence Boone, at Barclays Capital in Paris.

Current league sponsor Barclays Bank recently committed $125 million in a new three-year deal, up 15% from its present agreement.

Some of the photographs and paintings still grace the halls of Barclays and Lehman's Neuberger unit.

Barclays would be willing to sell BGI if offers approach $12 billion, bankers told Reuters last month.

The freezing of the LaSalle deal could force Barclays to either revise or drop its offer for Europe's ninth-largest bank by market value.

In July, another Chinese financial institution, China Development Bank, bought a 3. 1% stake in Barclays Bank of the U. K.

Kop icon Robbie Fowler is backing Liverpool to go one better next season and clinch the Barclays Premier League title.

But the pace is likely to slow more than analysts expect, says Barclays Capital portfolio strategist Talley Leger.

During the 2006 to 2008 period that is being probed, Barclays was one of 16 banks that contributed to the US dollar rate.

Fernando Torres believes the Barclays Premier League remains way ahead of other major leagues in Europe.

The Barclays Premiership champions have flown north to Blackburn for Wednesday night's Carling Cup third-round tie brimming with confidence.

His acquisition of the US operations of Lehman Brothers paid off while forays by Barclays into retail banking overseas have not.

HSBC and Barclays were among the biggest fallers, along with mining companies.

But it would be wrong to think that Barclays holds all the trump cards.

Derby hero Dirk Kuyt thinks the 2-0 victory over Everton can be the catalyst for a renewed Barclays Premier League charge.

It thought UK banks were seriously short of capital and that Barclays was taking on far more than it could chew.

The government initially was not clear in telling Bank of America and Barclays that no help would be forthcoming, participants said.

Short of peering at each loan and derivative, no one really knows what skeletons (if any) are lurking in Barclays' vaults.

"Upward shifts in production costs and metals demand will underpin strong long-term metals prices, " says Gayle Berry of Barclays Capital.

Euro 158-year-old investment banks bank ended after bank Bank of America in and Britain's Barclays PLC decided against buying it.

However, China Development Bank went ahead with a proposed $3bn investment in Barclays last month.

Barclays also wanted a guarantee to protect against losses should Lehman's business worsen before Barclays could compete its takeover.

Paul Horsnell, head of commodities research at Barclays Capital, says 5% marks the line between a normal market and a tight market.

Barclays stepped in for DFC, a bankrupt New Zealand mortgage bank in 1989, replacing it as a counterparty for all its interest-rate swaps.

"Sovereign risk has supplanted regulatory risk as the primary focus of bank bondholders, " says Jonathan Glionna at Barclays Capital.

Barclays Capital economist Troy Davig expects the Fed's policy statement to sound a bit more upbeat.

The Financial Times reported recently that, pending regulatory approval, Barclays aimed to unveil the coco bonus plan next month.

To be sure, the details of the Barclays plan differ in some crucial ways from the old SIVs-cum-cellars.

Barclays had approached a small number of potential buyers, one bank industry source said.

Britain's investment banks (principally Barclays Capital) will be held to the same equity capital standards as international peers.

Barclays can offer a scientific approach to asset allocation and risk management that could just meet that description, he suggests.

Temasek early this year sold its stake in western financial groups, including Bank of America and Barclays, at a loss.

The Barclays High-Yield Bond Index has zero correlation with medium- to long-term Treasurys, meaning the two don't rise and fall in tandem.

The best people by Barclays' standards are those with the right combination of "band width and cultural attributes" as Mr Kalaris puts it.

'We're sweating a little bit, ' says Barclays Capital portfolio strategist Talley Leger.

"There is potential for a model of niche exchanges with some kind of linkage to global exchanges, " Barclays' Mr Norton says.

Barclays Capital last week said almost half the 1, 000 investors it surveyed thought at least one country would leave the euro in 2012.

Barclays shares fell as low as 51p in January on fears that it would join the list of UK banks needing a government bail-out.

Tim Bond of Barclays Capital points out that the vast bulk of excess demand has come from foreign exchange reserve managers.

Barclays has now shown there is an alternative approach: persuade a Chinese bank to invest in a UK lender instead.

In contrast, Barclays Capital abandoned today a forecast for China to raise rates this year, citing diminished inflation risks.

Large international banks from Bank of America to Barclays suffered credit rating downgrades from Standard & Poor's on Tuesday.

Broughton and investment bank Barclays Capital, who are leading the sale, will elect a preferred bidder by the end of next week.

Staff at Goldman Sachs help in the kitchen; employees at Barclays assist the homeless with tips on how to open a bank account.

Barclays' biggest shareholder is Middle Eastern, while Temasek, Singapore's investment arm, owns a fifth of StanChart.

The victory over Stoke was Liverpool's third successive win in the Barclays Premier League, following triumphs over Wolves and Fulham.

Barclays believed this reflected a "burgeoning entrepreneurial culture" in South Africa.

Gayle Berry, base metals analyst at Barclays Capital, added: "It's a horrendous move. It just reflects how jittery these markets are. "

This gap between business activity and constrained credit will close in due course, argues Peter Redward of Barclays Capital.

Barclays Capital's move comes as sovereign wealth funds and state-owned groups show increasing interest in natural resources.

"The recent rally in financial markets signifies an inflection point, " said Larry Kantor, Barclays head of research.

He also admits that in the short term, Barclays expects India to produce more lucrative opportunities than China.

In Europe, concerns over what lies on the balance-sheets of Deutsche and Barclays are ebbing but are not gone.

Nor will it need to control the pay of the people running Protium, since they do not count as Barclays staff.

"I'm turning increasingly negative on the outlook, " said Jason Rogers, credit analyst at Barclays Capital in Singapore.

Barclays and HSBC remain strong, global players, but the City is home to big operations run by Swiss, German and American banks, too.

"We're just taking our cues from the stock market, " said Adam Brown, co-head U. S. Treasury trading at Barclays Capital in New York.

'It's a difficult balance for these companies, ' said Kirk Yang, head of Asia technology hardware research at Barclays Capital.

Barclays might find it easier to split up and move its investment-banking operation to New York.

Barry Knapp, U. S. equity portfolio strategist at Barclays Capital, says the recent strength in defensive stocks will be 'fleeting. '

It will also be the largest banking deal in South Africa since Barclays bought Absa Group, the country's largest retail bank in 2005.

Barclays said its analysis of supply and demand conditions in the oil market suggested a much tighter market than is currently priced in.

The victory moved Liverpool into fourth position in the Barclays Premier League, though the boss is refusing to get carried away.

In London the transport authority and Barclays Bank will launch a 6, 000-bike programme on July 30th.

Tipsarevic will make his debut at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday afternoon when he faces Czech Tomas Berdych.

That's a problem common to past England regimes and many clubs below the top four in the Barclays Premier League.

BNP Paribas and Barclays made strong profits, thanks largely to buoyant revenues in their investment banks.

Housekeeping has pushed Barclays further towards investment banking.

Loans generate some of the highest yields for banks, said Jason Goldberg, an analyst at Barclays Capital in New York.

Several foreign banks, including Morgan Stanley and Barclays, already have stakes in Chinese trusts.

Barclays Plc led banks lower amid concern that lenders may have to raise more capital.

The flood crashed a Barclays trading system, though a backup system went online without interrupting the firm's trading.

Economists at Barclays Capital doubled down Friday on their long-held bullish outlook for the economy.

She taught herself that Barclays is a bank, Strada is a restaurant, and that both are in the UK.

GM dealers cutting prices 'could lead to an increase in unit sales early on, ' says Michelle Meyer, U. S. economist at Barclays Capital.

Currently, real estate investment and construction is about a quarter of total fixed investment, at 12% of GDP, Barclays says.

"The scale of the recession is unprecedented but it is more familiar terrain, " says John Varley, the chief executive of Barclays.

Part V discusses the Barclays extreme nominalism of the future generations and its evaluation.

Julian Callow of Barclays Capital reckons that it shrank by as much as America's in the fourth quarter.

Peter Redward, head of emerging Asia research at Barclays Capital, believes that is a strong possibility.

Last weekend Bank of America or Barclays were meant to be taking us over.

Barry Knapp, U. S. equity portfolio strategist at Barclays Capital, says big stocks are poised to outperform.

This week senior bankers at Goldman Sachs, UBS and Barclays wisely volunteered to renounce their bonuses.

Many Chinese commodity imports remain strong: Barclays Capital says the country's crude oil imports hit a fresh record in April.

Barclays executives are racing to finalise an offer for ABN, which has also attracted interest from other banks.

Without such support, Barclays PLC and Bank of America, the two most interested buyers, walked away.