FTSE 100 shares fall after Trump’s travel ban order
FTSE 100 shares ended lower on Monday, following falls in Asia and Europe after President Donald Trump's decision to impose a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries
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Barclays PLC
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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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RBS makes further £3.1bn provision for ongoing US residential mortgage-backed securities probe
The taxpayer-owned bank said this charge, to be taken in its fourth-quarter results, takes the total aggregate of such provisions to £6.7bn ($8.3bn).
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FTSE ends lower as 14 days of highs peter out
FTSE 100 index closed down 0.2% at 7,327 on Monday, as the 14-session record high winning streak crashed after shares in banks and oil companies slipped
Barclays gets a lift as Deutsche Bank upgrades its rating to 'buy' from 'hold'
Analysts at the German bank also raised their price target to 270p from 198p, saying the group is well placed for 2017.
Sirius Minerals named among the ‘top tips’ for 2017
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FTSE 100 and small-cap stocks chalk record highs
FTSE 100 and small-cap stocks ended at fresh record highs on Tuesday, the first session of 2017, after being buoyed by higher Wall Street on bullish US factory data, 18-month high oil prices and even bumper Chinese data
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FTSE 100 closes on new high, boosted by precious metals miners
The 'Santa rally' and a strong showing from miners meant the UK premier index closed up around 37 points
US shares close firmer after uneventful pre-holiday trading
US shares ended firmer on Friday after the lead tickers toggled with relatively flat positions throughout the session
Barclays rejects claims in US DoJ lawsuit, says they are "disconnected from the facts"
The bank has been accused by the DoJ of deceiving investors about the quality of loans underlying tens of billions of dollars of mortgage securities between 2005 and 2007.
Barclays faces lawsuit over mortgage-backed securities from DoJ
Barclays has become the latest financial institution to face the wrath of the US Department of Justice which on Thursday filed a lawsuit in New York’s federal court over sales of residential mortgage-backed securities in the lead-up to the
US stocks close lower on Thursday as Dow gives up the spirit of 20,000
On the last full day’s trading before the Christmas holiday, US stocks ended lower on Thursday as markets began to wind down
Goldman Sachs slapped with US$120mln penalty by US derivatives regulator
The case, brought by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission was the latest in a series of probes into manipulation of a variety of global benchmarks by the big banks.
FTSE 100 shares drift south from 2-month highs on debt fears
FTSE 100 shares drifted lower on Wednesday, retreating from the previous session’s two-month highs after official UK public borrowing figures came in worse than expected
Judge allows Barclays-backed firm to frack in Yorkshire
Anti-fracking campaigners said they were devastated by the ruling
Big credit card bill: Lloyds Banking Group buys MBNA UK for £1.9bn in cash
Lloyds anticipates it will be able to deliver £100mln in annual cost synergies from the integration within two years, around 30% of the total cost base for MBNA in 2015.
FTSE stocks led higher towards 7000 by banks, but miners reel from Fed rate hike
FTSE 100 stocks closed higher on Thursday, just shy of the 7000 mark, but the theme of the session was all about weaker sterling in the wake of the US interest rate hike overnight
FTSE 100 shares taken higher by Sky
FTSE 100 shares closed higher on Friday, after Wall Street recorded another set of record high indices and it was announced just before closing time that 21st Century Fox plans to take over UK broadcaster Sky PLC
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FTSE 100 shares close higher after ECB returns to lower QE
FTSE 100 shares closed higher on Thursday, buoyed by news that the euro zone will curb its quantitative easing programme next April
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FTSE 100 stocks end near session highs thanks to banks
FTSE 100 shares closed near their highest point of the session on Tuesday, but no thanks to spread-betting stocks after the UK’s top regulator proposed stricter rules for the sector
RBS offers £800mln to end 2008 cash call lawsuits
Taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed a deal to settle the claims of the majority of shareholders who had alleged they were misled when they took part in the bank's £12bn cash call in 2008.