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8 hrs ago | The Motley Fool

Why This Speculative Investment Could Ruin Your Savings

In 2007, Americans saved a total of $57.4 billion. That same year, we spent $92.3 billion on legalized gambling.

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Related Topix: Banking, HSBC Holding, Day Trading, Personal Finance, Financial Markets

Thu Nov 12, 2009

New York Times

British Bankers Defend Their Pay and Bonuses

John Varley, chief executive of Barclays, defended his pay and bonus, and those of his peers, by saying "profit is not satanic." Moral outrage has set off a counter-reaction among a host of European bankers.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, Deutsche Bank AG, Business News

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Age

HSBC profits higher as Barclays suffers slump

HSBC forecast that emerging markets will spearhead the economic recovery on Tuesday as the world banking giant said its third-quarter profits were "significantly" higher compared with a year earlier.

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Related Topix: HSBC Holding, Banking, Financial Services

MarketWatch

London Markets: Traders split on U.K. banks after updates

U.K. traders were split on British banks on Tuesday, with HSBC Holdings climbing after reporting declining U.S. impairments and Royal Bank of Scotland rising on an upgrade, while Barclays lagged after an impressive run this year.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, HSBC Holding, Vodafone Group, Telecom

Sun Nov 08, 2009

This Is Money

Diamond on top as Barclays does the splits

John Varley could not have chosen a more propitious day for the unveiling of the latest episode of Barclays' self-help plan.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Banking, Opinion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Motley Fool

This Will Change the Way You Invest

Exchange-traded funds have become one of the most popular investment vehicles during their relatively brief history.

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Related Topix: Banking, State Street, Financial Services, Investment Services, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance

Thu Nov 05, 2009

MarketWatch

London Markets: Retail-sector updates welcomed in higher FTSE 100

British shares climbed on Wednesday as financials advanced and after two major retailers outlined better-than-expected trading performances.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Bloomberg.com

Barclays Says Seegers Quit After Diamond Took Over Commercial Lending Unit

Barclays Plc , Britaina s second- largest bank, said retail and commercial banking head Frits Seegers quit after the bank handed control of his commercial lending unit to President Robert Diamond .

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services

Bloomberg Business News

Profit `Not Satanic' Barclays Chief Says After Goldman Sachs Invokes Jesus

Barclays Plc Chief Executive Officer John Varley stood at the wooden lectern in St.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Conservatives (UK)

Tue Nov 03, 2009

MarketWatch

Seegers to leave Barclays as lender revamps

One of Barclays' top executives, Frits Seegers, is leaving the U.K. bank as the bank on Tuesday announced a sweeping reorganization.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Times Online

'It came from Downing Street,' said Paulson . . .

Their plan was for other banks to underwrite its most toxic assets. The investment banking division, the most attractive remaining asset, would then be sold - and Barclays quickly emerged as the leading candidate to buy the business, but, as this exclusive extract reveals, the Financial Services Authority and Alistair Darling had other ideas.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Financial Services, Investment Services, Banking

Sun Nov 01, 2009

MarketWatch

Bank chiefs urge UK's FSA to slow pace of change

Leading U.K. bankers have urged the Financial Services Authority to slow down its efforts to reform markets, according to documents seen by Financial News, which demonstrates the level of discomfort within the industry at the pace of change.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, HSBC Holding, Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Morecambe Today

Charity for blind wins over hearts

BARCLAYS has selected Galloway's Society for the Blind in Morecambe as their recipients for our A 500 Heart of the Community award.

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Related Topix: Banking

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Tech Confidential Blog

Big banks ensared in alleged K1 scandal

As German regulators and the FBI investigate possible fraud at German fund-of-funds K1 Group, reports are emerging that some of the biggest banks are facing losses.

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Related Topix: Banking, JP Morgan Chase

Tue Oct 27, 2009

TheStreet.com

ETFs for Rich Draw Little Interest

While Barclays' new Wealth ETF Tactical Allocation BETA Portfolios are a unique stop forward for the much-anticipated active ETF industry, these asset allocation strategies eschew many of the basic characteristics of ETFs that have made the funds so popular.

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Related Topix: Banking

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

King Opens Rift With Brown, Call for Banks to Be Split to Limit Bailouts

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King opened a rift with Prime Minister Gordon Browna s government by signaling the biggest banks could be broken up to prevent taxpayers having to shoulder the cost of future bailouts.

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Related Topix: Alistair Darling, Conservatives (UK), Banking

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Forbes Autos

Barclays Weighs On Europe

Despite a strong raft of earnings from the United States and higher close from Wall Street and Asia, Europe only managed weak gains in afternoon trading.

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Related Topix: Banking, Autos

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Vital Football

Barclays Renews Sponsorship Of The Premier League

The Premier League and Barclays have today agreed to a new three year deal for Barclays to be the global title sponsor of the Barclays Premier League.

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Related Topix: Banking, Sports, World Soccer, More Sports

Thu Oct 22, 2009

MarketWatch

Before the Bell: Apple, Caterpillar, Barclays and Yahoo in focus

U.S. stock futures rose above one-year peaks on Tuesday after better-than-forecast results from Apple and Caterpillar.

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Related Topix: Yahoo!, Search Engines, Media, Computers, Startups, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Caterpillar, Banking, Financial Markets, IT Services, FactSet Research Systems

Wed Oct 21, 2009

InfectiousGreed

Martin Wolf: When Banks Attack

Good Martin Wolf column im the FT on the largely spurious protests being made by banks in the face of calls for serious reform: In an interview with the FT, Marcus Agius, chairman of Barclays, indicates perfectly what the backers of regulation are up against.

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Related Topix: Banking

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