US banks set for strong first quarter as JP Morgan, Citigroup and Wells Fargo kick off earnings season
US banks look set to achieve a robust set of first quarter results as earnings season gets underway
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Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services, with an extensive international presence in Europe, the USA, Africa and Asia. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs 147,000 people.
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US banks look set to achieve a robust set of first quarter results as earnings season gets underway
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The New York Times has set Twitter a flutter with the question: Will London fall? Also trending: inflation, England and Barclays
Barclays, Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC have been embroiled in a series of scandals over the years
Barclays has reprimanded chief executive Jes Staley with a "significant" pay cut over his conduct in a whistleblowing case
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Two former Barclays traders have been acquitted on a charge of conspiracy to defraud while Brexit may force Rynair to halt flights out of the UK
Panmure Gordon returned to a full year profit in 2016 despite concerns surrounding the Brexit vote and uncertainty leading up to the US presidential elections
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Week ahead: Asos, Panmure Gordon, Sprue Aegis, Electrocomponents
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Brexit will be triggered on Wednesday, while European travel giants TUI Group and Thomas Cook also update
Inflation jumped to 2.3% in February raising the prospect of higher interest rates
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Trending: St Patrick's Day and World Sleep Day [Shurely shome conflict here? - Ed.), George Osborne, Bob Diamond and IAG
Bob Diamond’s New York-based private equity firm, Atlas Merchant Capital, has joined forces with QInvest, the Qatari investment bank
Diamond may have been hoping his acquisition of Panmure would be out of the glare of the public eye but the former boss of Barclays has been thrust back into the spotlight
Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond has teamed up with a Qatari investment bank to buy Panmure Gordon in a deal valued over £15mln.
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FTSE 100 stocks closed at a record high on Friday for a second successive session, after making a fresh intraday peak, and a good way for equity investors to end the week
The analysts said: “Lloyds has paid a special dividend for two years and we expect this to continue, and to be a larger size. We expect a dividend yield of 8% for each of the next three years“
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Newcomers offer higher ROE, higher growth and attractive cost:income metrics
US stocks ended lower on Tuesday after a day dogged by poor performance from a major retail name, sharp words in the oil price war, and a yawning trade deficit with the world
The FTSE 100 was down 32 points to 7,342 shortly after 3.15pm on Monday
RBC Capital has lifted its target price on Barclays but left its rating at 'sector perform'
Ian Cheshire, the former non-executive director of failed Bradford & Bingley, has been confirmed chairman of the UK retail unit at Barclays.