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An Opportunity in Municipal Bonds -
seekingalpha-com
- 7 days ago
John Derrick submits:We all know that 2008 has been a rough year for virtually all investors, and the municipal market has not been immune. Municipals, however, have weathered the storm better than most asset classes. Over the long term, municipals have ...
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Barclays says Dow-Rohm and Haas deal may not be hurt -
reuters-com
- 8 days ago
(Reuters) - Dow Chemical's plan to buy rival Rohm and Haas may not be affected by Kuwait's decision to scrap a deal to form a $17.4 billion petrochemical joint venture with Dow, an analyst at Barclays Capital said.
Barclays - Rohm and Haas
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Judge OKs Lehman settlement with Barclays and JPMorgan -
reuters-com
- 15 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge approved a settlement calling for $1.27 billion in cash plus securities with a face value of $5.7 billion to be transferred to Barclays Plc in connection with its purchase of ...
Barclays - Lehman Brothers
Bankruptcy
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Europe Heads For A Lower Finish -
forbes-com
- 18 days ago
Shares fall as S&P downgrades UBS, Barclays and other large banks while economic concerns overshadow rate cuts by Japan and Denmark.
Barclays - UBS
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Cardinal Health falls on Barclays estimate cut -
ibtimes-com
- 22 days ago
Shares of drug distributor and health care products maker Cardinal Health Inc. fell Monday after a Barclays analyst reduced his 2009 and 2010 profit estimates because of an expectation of decreased spending by hospitals.
Barclays - Cardinal Health
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French court acquits SocGen of money laundering -
usnews-com
- 26 days ago
PARIS (AP) -- A Paris court on Thursday acquitted French bank Societe Generale and the French division of Barclays Bank following a decade-long probe into money laundering between France and Israel....
Barclays - Société Générale
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Amazon shares rise after Barclays upgrade -
ibtimes-com
- 33 days ago
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. rose Thursday after Barclays Capital analyst upgraded the online retailer, calling its business model "structurally sound." Douglas Anmuth upgraded Seattle-based Amazon to "Overweight" ...
Amazon - Barclays
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ASM International N.V. Announces Presentation at the Barclays Global Techno -
marketwire-com
- 34 days ago
BILTHOVEN, NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - December 3, 2008) - ASM InternationalN.V. (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) announces it willpresent at the Barclays Global Technology Conference in SanFrancisco, on Wednesday, December 10, ...
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Barclays Capital names M&A leadership team -
reuters-com
- 36 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of Britain's Barclays Plc , on Monday announced the leadership team for its mergers and acquisitions business after buying Lehman Brothers' North American ...
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Barclays' shareholders approve Mideast funds -
washingtontimes-com
- 43 days ago
Shareholders of Barclays PLC, Britain's second largest bank, voted overwhelmingly in favor of a plan to raise 7 billion pounds ($10.5 billion), largely from funds in the Middle East.
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Barclays investors back capital raising -
ft-com
- 43 days ago
Proxy votes cast ahead of a special meeting to approve a £7bn capital raising indicated the bank had secured the required majority, Marcus Agius, chairman, told shareholders
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Barclays Capital sees Obama passing $300 bln fiscal stimulus -
marketwatch-com
- 46 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Barclays Capital on Friday became the latest Wall Street forecaster to predict Congress under the upcoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama could pass at least a $300 billion ...
Bank of America - Barack Obama - Barclays
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Barclays upgraded to outperform at Exane BNP Paribas -
marketwatch-com
- 47 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Barclays was upgraded to outperform from neutral at Exane BNP Paribas, which cited a fall of around 37% for its stock since the bank announced a 10.3 billion pound ($15.4 billion) capital raising. ...
Barclays - BNP Paribas
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Barclays' investors buy entire stock offering -
washingtontimes-com
- 48 days ago
Barclays PLC said Wednesday that institutional investors had bought all the 500 million pounds ($750 million) of preferred stock offered to them on Tuesday.
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Europe stocks open lower as Tuesday's gains prove fleeting -
marketwatch-com
- 48 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Europe stocks in opening trade Wednesday failed to extend the prior day's late-session advance. U.S. stock futures also pointed to a weaker start, with the Dow industrials contract falling 90 points. The U.K. FTSE 100 fell 0.6% ...
Barclays - Xstrata
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No bonuses at Barclays -
cnnmoney-com
- 49 days ago
The British bank says it has canceled executive bonuses this year following similar moves by Goldman Sachs and UBS.
Barclays - Goldman Sachs - UBS
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Europe Markets: Shares in Europe edge lower as banks weigh -
marketwatch-com
- 49 days ago
European shares edged lower on Tuesday, as further losses for banks offset gains from oil producers, Barclays, Carrefour and Alcatel-Lucent.
Barclays - Carrefour
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European shares edge higher in early trading -
marketwatch-com
- 49 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares edged higher on Tuesday morning, as oil producers advanced and French supermarket group Carrefour jumped 5.3% after naming Lars Olofsson as its new CEO. Barclays ...
Barclays - Carrefour - Tuesday Morning
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Barclays Gambles on Investor Vote -
wsj-com
- 49 days ago
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Mideast investors like Barclays deal as is: report -
marketwatch-com
- 51 days ago
Potential investors from the Middle East reportedly don’t want any changes in the terms of their proposed $14.8 billion investment in Barclays.
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Credit-default swap balances tumble as holders liquidate -
marketwatch-com
- 53 days ago
In another sign Wall Street is still in cash-raising mode, outstanding credit-default swaps fall, signaling, according to Barclays, that holders of these derivatives have been unwinding positions faster than they are putting on new ones.
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Swap
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Terms won't change for Barclays Mideast deal: source -
reuters-com
- 54 days ago
LONDON (Reuters) - The terms of British bank Barclays Plc's deal to raise over 5 billion pounds ($7.5 billion) with investors in the Middle East will not be renegotiated, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Barclays faces shareholder revolt over capital raising -
reuters-com
- 55 days ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Some of Barclays' biggest shareholders have threatened to vote against its planned 7 billion pound ($10.8 billion) capital raising unless it improves the terms of the deal, newspapers reported on Wednesday. The Financial Times and ...
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GM shares down 30 percent after broker downgrades -
reuters-com
- 57 days ago
(Reuters) - General Motors Corp will likely fall below its minimum cash needs of $11 billion to $14 billion in the first quarter of 2009 if the troubled automaker does not receive additional funding, said an analyst at Barclays ...
Barclays - General Motors
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Barclays open to acquisitions in Gulf Arab region -
reuters-com
- 57 days ago
DUBAI (Reuters) - British bank Barclays , which last month tapped Middle East investors for the bulk of a 7 billion pound ($11.1 billion) capital injection, said on Monday it would consider acquisitions in the Gulf Arab region.
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Barclays acquires Macquarie's Italian mortgage business -
marketwatch-com
- 61 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Barclays said Thursday it has completed the acquisition of Macquarie Bank's Italian residential mortgage business, which includes a mortgage portfolio with a total outstanding balance of 1.1 billion euros ($1.4 ...
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European shares advance; Barclays down -
marketwatch-com
- 64 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares started the new month on a positive note on Monday, buoyed by gains from oil majors such as Total , up 1%, and miners such as Rio Tinto , up 2.9%. In the banking sector, Barclays extended Friday's ...
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Out On the Street -
portfolio-com
- 66 days ago
Many on Wall Street have lost their jobs—more than 100,00 by some estimates—and some are coming to see Jeffrey Liddle. The employment lawyer most feared by firms on the Street, Liddle says he has seen a noticeable increase in his already-busy ...
Barclays - Lehman Brothers
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Barclays raises $12 billion, sources say CoBa may tap state -
reuters-com
- 66 days ago
LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Barclays tapped Middle East investors for the bulk of its 7.3 billion pounds ($12.1 billion) cash injection, while sources familiar with the situation said Commerzbank is interested in German ...
Barclays - Commerzbank
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Barclays hit by backlash over Mideast deal -
ft-com
- 66 days ago
Barclays was facing an investor backlash as shareholders balked at its plans to raise about £7bn in a deal that could leave almost a third of the British bank in the hands of two Middle Eastern investors
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Barclays Sets Debt Benchmark -
wsj-com
- 75 days ago
Barclays on Wednesday priced the first bond backed by a crisis-era government guarantee, setting a benchmark for what amounts to a new class of debt.
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Evergreen Sues Lehman, Barclays Over Stock -
wsj-com
- 77 days ago
Evergreen Solar says in a lawsuit that Lehman Brothers improperly sold shares of the solar-panel manufacturer to Barclays.
Barclays - Evergreen Solar - Lehman Brothers
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Barclays close to selling government-backed bonds -
ibtimes-com
- 77 days ago
Barclays PLC, Britain's second largest bank, Tuesday confirmed a report by Cazenove bank that it is close to selling at least 1 billion pounds (US$1.7 billion) worth of bonds backed by the British government.
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Gold Investments Market Update - Reuters Wealth Management Summit - Wealthy -
fxstreet-com
- 81 days ago
Gold fell some 4% yesterday with forced selling being seen as hedge funds continue to deleverage and pension funds and other passive investors sell the various commodity indices. In addition, reports from Barclays that some European central ...
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GE shares decline for 2nd consecutive day -
ibtimes-com
- 84 days ago
Shares of General Electric Co. declined Tuesday for the second consecutive day as the Dow Jones industrial average continued to advance. An analyst on Monday reduced his earnings estimate, saying the conglomerate's profits are ...
Barclays - General Electric
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Britain's Bailout: The Winners And Losers -
forbes-com
- 85 days ago
Barclays and HSBC should benefit from the freedom their partly nationalized peers, RBS, Lloyds and HBOS, won't have.
Barclays - HSBC
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Merrill upgrades six European banks citing valuation -
marketwatch-com
- 85 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Merrill Lynch on Monday upgraded Royal Bank of Scotland , Commerzbank and DnB NOR to buy from neutral as well as Barclays , Credit Suisse and Allied Irish Bank s to neutral ...
Barclays - Commerzbank - Merrill Lynch
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UK banks reportedly may unveil capital raising plans Monday -
marketwatch-com
- 86 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Some of the largest U.K. banks hope to unveil plans to raise billions of pounds in new capital on Monday as part of government efforts to stabilize the country's financial system, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. ...
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Sector Snap: Exchange Operators -
ibtimes-com
- 88 days ago
Shares of stock exchange operators mostly rose Friday as a Barclays Capital analyst adjusted his earnings estimates for NYSE Euronext Inc. and Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., citing pricing concerns.
Barclays - Nasdaq OMX Group - NYSE Euronext
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GM says bankruptcy is not an option -
reuters-com
- 88 days ago
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp said it was not considering bankruptcy protection as market turmoil continues and Barclays Capital said on Friday that the company's cash needs were increasing.
Barclays - General Motors
Bankruptcy
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Barclays says looking at a number of capital options -
marketwatch-com
- 88 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Barclays said Friday that it is considering a number of options, including capital raising, relating to the U.K. banking industry's commitment to increase their total Tier 1 capital by 25 billion pounds ($42 billion). ...
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U.K. chancellor meets with bank chiefs: report -
marketwatch-com
- 91 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. Chancellor Alistair Darling met with the chief executives of several top banks in an effort to hammer out a plan for boosting their capital, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The plan is likely geared for major banks ...
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Apache expectations cut due to storm disruptions -
ibtimes-com
- 91 days ago
Shares of Apache Corp. tumbled Monday amid a broad market sell-off and rapidly falling crude prices. The oil and gas exploration company took a hit from hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico last month, prompting Barclays Capital ...
Apache - Barclays
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Treasury hires State Street and Barclays to manage MBS buys -
marketwatch-com
- 95 days ago
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Treasury Department announced Friday that it has hired State Street Bank and Trust Company and Barclays Global Investors to manage its purchase of mortgage-backed securities issued by ...
Barclays - Fannie Mae - Freddie Mac - State Street
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European shares shrug off early losses as banks advance -
marketwatch-com
- 95 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares shrugged off early losses to trade higher on Friday, as gains from banks overcame losses from industrial firms and construction companies ahead of data on U.S. jobs. UBS shares climbed 2.6% after it said ...
Barclays - UBS
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European shares drop again, banks extend losses -
marketwatch-com
- 98 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares fell at the open on Tuesday as investors took their first chance to react to the rejection of a U.S. plan designed to bailout financial markets. Banks extended Monday's sharp losses, with Deutsche Bank|Deutsche ...
Barclays - BP - Deutsche Bank - Société Générale
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Gold to record highs within six months – Barclays Capital -
ibtimes-com
- 99 days ago
Reconsideration of gold's merits should push it to new highs as uncertainty and a weak dollar are likely to dominate markets.
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Barclays Capital announces new US team -
ft-com
- 102 days ago
Less than a week after taking control of Lehman Brothers' US operations, Barclays Capital announced a new slate of top managers, drawn from both companies
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Lehman units acquired by Barclays reopen -
reuters-com
- 105 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A series of former Lehman Brothers businesses reopened on Monday, after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved their sale on Saturday to Barclays Plc, but sales and trading businesses ...
Barclays - Lehman Brothers
Bankruptcy
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Nomura Wins The Lehman Asia Stakes -
forbes-com
- 106 days ago
The Japanese broker outbids several rivals, including Barclays, Standard Chartered, Samsung Securities and Citic Securities, to take the bankrupt U.S. broker's Asian operations.
Barclays - Samsung
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Barclays completes acquisition of Lehman's U.S. brokerage -
marketwatch-com
- 106 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Following receipt from the United States Bankruptcy court for the Southern District of New York, Barclays said it's completed the acquisition of the Lehman Brothers ...
Barclays - Lehman Brothers - Southern
Bankruptcy
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Barclays, RBS, Lloyds TSB cut to underweight at J.P. Morgan -
marketwatch-com
- 106 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- J.P. Morgan downgraded U.K. banks Barclays , Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB to underweight from neutral, saying the three combined are still facing a capital shortage of 38 billion pounds ($70 billion). The ...
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Judge says Lehman can sell units to Barclays -
washingtontimes-com
- 108 days ago
A bankruptcy judge has approved a plan by Lehman Brothers to sell its investment banking and trading businesses to Barclays.
Barclays - Lehman Brothers
Bankruptcy
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UK stocks rise on short-selling ban -
ibtimes-com
- 109 days ago
British stocks are soaring after a ban on short selling of financial stocks and news of new U.S. plans to combat the financial crisis. The FTSE 100 index is up 7 percent, while banks stocks are making big gains. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC is ...
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FSA lists stocks in which short selling is barred -
marketwatch-com
- 109 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The U.K. Financial Services Authority on Friday published a list of 29 banks and insurance firms in which short-selling has been banned until early next year. The list includes HBOS , Barclays , HSBC ...
Barclays - HSBC
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Barclays among potential bidders for Lehman Japan unit -
marketwatch-com
- 109 days ago
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Barclays PLC is among potential buyers to acquire some of the operations of the Japanese subsidiary of Lehman's Brothers, according to a Japanese media report. Barclays believes there are synergies ...
Barclays - Lehman Brothers
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Movers & Shakers: Thursday's biggest gaining and declining stocks -
marketwatch-com
- 110 days ago
Financial stocks again will determine the direction of the stock market on Thursday, with Barclays, Wachovia and WaMu in the spotlight. Other movers are likely to include ConAgra, CKE Restaurants, Constellation ...
Barclays - Cke Restaurants - Constellation Energy - ProLogis - Wachovia
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A New Dawn For British Banks -
forbes-com
- 110 days ago
Lloyds TSB takes over HBOS, creating a bigger competitor in the retail banking sector, while Barclays looks to buy up Lehman's investment banking operations.
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Asian Session - Fed, BoJ, ECB, SNB, BoE announce coordinated funding -
fxstreet-com
- 110 days ago
Market Brief Risk aversion was the primary drive in the Asian session, as global equity index continued to slide. Overall, the decline in US stock markets is now clearly viewed as negative for the Usd (a shift in sentiment), as the greenback has been ...
AIG - Barclays
Bank of England - European Central Bank - Federal Reserve
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Before the Bell: AIG, Barclays, SanDisk, Nortel and Lloyds TSB in view -
marketwatch-com
- 111 days ago
U.S. stock futures declined Wednesday, with the U.S. government taking control of American International Group in return for an $85 billion, two-year loan, and Morgan Stanley reporting a 7% profit fall.
Barclays - Morgan Stanley - SanDisk
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Barclays to pay $1.75 billion for some Lehman assets -
reuters-com
- 111 days ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays, which over the weekend balked at acquiring stricken Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, agreed to pay about $1.75 billion (1 billion pounds) for some of the bank's prime U.S. assets following ...
Barclays - Lehman Brothers
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Barclays Bags Best Of Lehman, On The Cheap -
forbes-com
- 111 days ago
British bank cherry-picks bankrupt investment bank's most attractive assets for about $1.75 billion.
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Salvaging the Wreckage -
portfolio-com
- 112 days ago
More of Lehman Brothers, and more of its employees, may be able to remain in business than was the case at Bear Stearns. Barclays, the big British bank that had withdrawn from talks to buy all ...
Barclays - Bear Stearns - Lehman Brothers
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European shares fall sharply again after AIG rating cut -
marketwatch-com
- 112 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Investors continued to fret about the health of the global financial sector on Tuesday after insurance giant AIG was downgraded by ratings agency Standard & Poor's and Aegon and Natixis revealed they have exposure ...
Barclays - Lehman Brothers - Natixis
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Lehman in talks to sell part of firm to Barclays: WSJ -
reuters-com
- 112 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers was in talks for a deal to sell parts of the company to Barclays Plc with the potential for an agreement to be reached as early as Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported on ...
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Barclays May Be Sniffing Around Lehman's Carcass -
forbes-com
- 112 days ago
Failed U.S. investment bank is in talks to sell U.S. broker-dealer operation to British firm, sources tell Forbes.com.
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Lehman Files for Bankruptcy -
wsj-com
- 113 days ago
Lehman filed for bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch sold itself to Bank of America on a day in which the U.S. financial system was shaken to its core. The federal government's refusal to provide support ...
Bank of America - Barclays - Merrill Lynch
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World's banks to back $70bn liquidity pool -
ft-com
- 113 days ago
Leading lenders – including Bank of America, Barclays and Citigroup – to club together for fund to help counter short-term funding disruption
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Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy -
washingtontimes-com
- 113 days ago
Wall Street titan Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy Sunday after potential buyers Barclays Banks of Britain and Bank of America backed away citing the Treasury's ...
Bank of America - Barclays - Lehman Brothers - Titan
Bankruptcy
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Daily Forex Technical Report - Dollar Sold off On Lehman Bankruptcy -
fxstreet-com
- 113 days ago
Action Insight Daily Report Dollar Sold off On Lehman Bankruptcy Dollar gapped lower as the week starts and continued to be sold off on worsening in the financial crisis in US. Dollar opened sharply lower across the board on news that ...
Bank of America - Barclays - Lehman Brothers - Merrill Lynch
Bankruptcy
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Wall Street Crisis as Lehman Totters -
wsj-com
- 113 days ago
Lehman's liquidation prospects and Merrill's push to sell itself to Bank of America sparked concern across Wall Street. The federal government's refusal to provide support to potential Lehman buyers prompted Barclays ...
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Lehman talks continue as Barclays emerges as buyer -
washingtontimes-com
- 114 days ago
Government officials and top Wall Street bankers continued talks Sunday in a harried effort to sell Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and avoid a collapse of the beleaguered investment bank that could severely disrupt global markets.
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Barclays emerges as Lehman suitor -
marketwatch-com
- 114 days ago
Barclays PLC reportedly has emerged as a leading contender in the bidding for Lehman Brothers, though a sale to the U.K. investment bank or to Bank of America could hinge on government financial ...
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Lehman set for three-way break up: paper -
reuters-com
- 114 days ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of America, Barclays and Goldman Sachs are expected to agree a deal as early as Sunday to buy stricken U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, Britain's ...
Bank of America - Barclays - Goldman Sachs - Lehman Brothers
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Barclays Emerges in Lehman Talks -
wsj-com
- 114 days ago
Barclays, the U.K.'s third-largest bank, is emerging as a leading contender for Lehman Brothers as discussions continued Sunday in London and New York in what is a highly fluid and pressure-charged environment.
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The latest on LEH, WM; News-driven stocks rally fizzles -
fxstreet-com
- 116 days ago
- The Washington Post reports that the U.S. government is to arrange a sale of Lehman through a consortium of private firms, adding that the deal could be announced over the weekend. No government money is expected to be involved ...
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RBS cuts Barclays to sell on estimated $13.5 bln shortfall -
marketwatch-com
- 125 days ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Barclays was downgraded to sell from hold by the Royal Bank of Scotland, which said Barclays has substantial near-term balance sheet concerns to overcome. By benchmarking capital ratios and write-downs ...
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