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BRAVE passer-by helped an off-duty police officer wrestle a thief to the ground after he stole £50 from a pensioner at a cashpoint. The incident happened on Saturday at around 11am outside Barclays’ cash machine in Dunstable Street when a selfless...
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February's Compass also looks at how the price paid for an investment can make it difficult psychologically to make sound decisions about selling it; and provides an update on three "alternative" asset classes - alternative trading strategies (ATS),...
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Prices have risen more than 15 percent in the first two months of 2012, after dropping by as much as 40 percent last year. “There was a lot of money waiting on the sidelines because yields were starting to look very attractive,” said Jasraj Vaidya, a...
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The LME index of aluminum, zinc, copper, tin and lead has climbed 8.7 percent this year. The LME, owned by its members including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , Barclays Plc and Citigroup Inc. , handled $15.4 trillion of contracts last year. “We didn’t put...
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Hoare Govett and Deutsche, the previous brokers, saw their positions reviewed last month as they were punished for the collapse of that £5.2bn deal last year. It is rumoured that Barclays Capital has also been brought onboard as a corporate adviser. ...
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I try to avoid saying one thing and doing the other but only this week did I finally get round to acting on one step I’ve long advocated in my columns – moving my bank account. Like many people I’ve only ever had one current account. I opened an...
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“The ongoing saga will likely go down to the wire and is, yet again, another reminder of the fragile nature of the state of affairs in Europe and the potential for a disorderly default,” Michael Gapen, a New York-based economist at Barclays Capital,...
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The Pingit system allows users of smartphones to make payments using their mobile phone number. Barclays – which recruited more than 20,000 Pingit customers in just two days – plans to make the service available to the customers of all other banks. One...
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While a lot banks have been releasing apps where you can view your bank balance as well as transfer money, you could only do this between your own accounts. The Barclays Pingit app goes a step further and allows you to send money to other Barclay...
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The board, headed by Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond, has just passed a special resolution to buy back £56,000 of the company’s shares. The move follows a fundraising in 2010 that raised £1.24million and allowed members of the public to become...
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Called Pingit, the service requires both payees and payers to download an app on their smartphone and register for the service with Barclays. It is currently restricted to UK residents. Smartphones supported by the service at launch are iPhone, RIM,...
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February 13rd. Analysts at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) upgraded shares of Oceaneering International from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note to investors on Monday, February 13rd. They now have a $66.00 price target on the stock, up...
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Group raised their price target on shares of Wal Mart Stores to $67.00 in a research note to investors on Tuesday, January 24th. Analysts at Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) cut their price target on shares of Wal Mart Stores to $65.00 in a research note to...
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Separately, analysts at Piper Jaffray (NYSE: PJC) raised their price target on shares of Applied Materials to $17.00 in a research note to investors on Saturday. Analysts at Barclays Capital (NYSE: BCS) raised their price target on shares of Applied...
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Separately, analysts at Barclays Capital (NYSE: BCS) raised their price target on shares of Applied Materials from $12.00 to $14.00 in a research note to investors on Friday. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock. Analysts at Stifel...
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Bank yesterday reported flat earnings for the full-year 2011 with profit before tax dipping 11.3 per cent to Sh12 billion compared to Sh13 billion the previous year. The drop was attributed to the inclusion last year of proceeds from the sale of...
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London-based OVS, led by ex-HBK Investments LP trader Sam Morland, rose 7.8 percent last year and gained about 2 percent in January. Other so-called event-driven hedge funds with a European focus fell 5.4 percent in 2011, according to Singapore- based...
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Separately, analysts at Evercore Partners raised their price target on shares of Arch Capital to $43.00 in a research note to investors on Friday. Analysts at Barclays Capital (NYSE: BCS) raised their price target on shares of Arch Capital from $38.00...
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Hortons (NYSE: THI) was upgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note issued on Saturday. Separately, analysts at Barclays Capital (NYSE: BCS) initiated coverage on shares of Tim Hortons in a...
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Barclays PLC is a major global financial services provider operating in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, Latin America, Australia, Asia and Africa. It is a holding company that is listed in London, New York and Tokyo. It operates through its subsidiary Barclays Bank PLC. It is also the current sponsor of the English Premier League. Full Article
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A woman passes a Barclays bank branch in London February 10, 2012. British bank Barclays Plc. is set to miss its key profit target after its investment bank ended 2011 with its worst quarter for three years. A slump in bond trading income due to the euro zone debt crisis dragged down...
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Barclays customer George Gabriel holds the pieces of his cut-up bank card during a protest outside a branch of Barclays bank in central London on February 10, 2012. The protest was a part of the 'Move Your Money' campaign, the stated aims of which are to try to create what they consider...
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Barclays Capital trader Patrick Murphy yells out a price at the booth that trades ITT and it's spin-offs on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 31, 2011.
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Working for Barclays Capital are Vincent Folds, left, William Bott, center, and James Maguire, right, at the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 in New York. Investors fear that a global recession may already be under way.
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Barclays Capital traders Patrick Murphy and James Sculli work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange September 22, 2011. Stocks tumbled on Thursday, extending losses for a fourth straight session, as the Federal Reserve's weak outlook for the U.S. economy and disappointing data...
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People walk by a branch of Lloyds TSB bank, right, and Barclays bank in the City of London, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. A commission appointed by the British government says banks should isolate their investment operations from ordinary banking by 2019 to prevent taxpayers from future...
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Glenn Carrell, right, of Barclays Capital directs trading from his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, in New York.
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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 09: Barclays Capital trader Mario Picone watches a computer screen while working on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange on September 9, 2011 in New York City. The Dow Jones Industiral Average fell below 11,000 to a seven month low on worries that...
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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 09: Barclays Capital trader Mario Picone holds his head while working on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange on September 9, 2011 in New York City. The Dow Jones Industiral Average fell below 11,000 to a seven month low worries that Congress won't...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 06: Katy B attends the Barclaycard Mercury Prize at Grosvenor House, on September 6, 2011 in London, England.
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Christopher Culhane of Barclays Capital works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, in New York.
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Bank staff clear debris from the front of a damaged Barclays Bank branch in Handsworth, Birmingham, central England, on August 9, 2011, following a third night of violence on the streets of London and other parts of Britain. Violence escalated across London and at least three other...
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Rental bicycles sponsored by Barclays Bank are pictured at a stand in London, on August 2, 2011. Barclays reported a profit slump of more than one third in the first six months of the year on falling revenues and exceptional charges, and said it would axe 3,000 jobs this year. Net...
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Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) Alex Salmond gestures to photographers as he walks to his car after opening a Barclays Wealth office in Edinburgh, Scotland January 11, 2012. Salmond announced this week that a referendum for independance for...
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 11: Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister and Scottish National Party, gestures to a member of the public as he departs after attending the opening of Barclays Wealth headquarters on January 11, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Alex Salmond announced...
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Scotland's First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party Alex Salmond signs the visitors book during the official opening of a Barclays Wealth office in Edinburgh, Scotland January 11, 2012. Salmond announced this week that a referendum for independance for Scotland from the...
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 11: Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister and Scottish National Party, departs after attending the opening of Barclays Wealth headquarters on January 11, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Alex Salmond announced yesterday the date for the independence...
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 11: Alex Salmond, Scotland's First Minister and Scottish National Party, gives the victory sign as he departs after attending the opening of Barclays Wealth headquarters on January 11, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Alex Salmond announced yesterday the date...
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Jennifer Klesaris, of Barclays Capital, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in New York.
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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2012 file photo, Robert Tuccillo, Jr. , a Barclays Capital trader, is surrounded with stock market information monitors as he works at the New York Stock Market. The euro fell to a fresh 15-month low against the dollar Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, while stock markets...
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Robert Tuccillo, Jr. , a Barclays Capital trader, is surrounded with stock market info monitors as he works during the first day of trading at the New York Stock Market on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. The Dow Jones industrial average soared 200 points, or 1.7 percent, to 12,423 in the first...
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