Barclays Share News (BARC)

Tuesday newspaper round-up: Data leaks, UK confidence, Barclays, BT

(ShareCast News) - US investors may be profiting from leaked economic data releases that allow them to front-run market-moving news, according to a research paper published by the European Central Bank. Macroeconomic news announcements can move markets, as traders watch for indications about how the

PRESS: Barclays France Faces Money Laundering Accusation - FT

Sunday newspaper round-up: Sports Direct, BHS, Barclays, Smiths, Cobham

(ShareCast News) - Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has offered to buy collapsed retailer BHS, saving its entire store estate and thousands of jobs. Although the tycoon was unable to agree a deal before administrators were called in last Monday, Ashley confirmed to the Sunday Telegraph: "Any continuin

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: HSBC Upgrades Land Securities And British Land

Spain's Popular posts 2.6 pct rise in Q1 net profit, above forecasts

MADRID, April 29 (Reuters) - Spain's Banco Popular posted on Friday a 2.6 percent rise in first quarter net profit from a year earlier, as lower revenues were offset by less provisions for bad loans. The country's sixth-largest lender in terms of total assets reported net profit of 93.8 mi

Thursday newspaper share tips: Barclays, Henderson Group

(ShareCast News) - The only positive in Barclays´s latest set of results was the absence of any new misconduct allegations, which means its shares may get cheaper still, The Times´s Tempus argued. Profits improved, but only once you exclude all the awkward bits of the business the lender wants to hi

UPDATE 1-Barclays targets "clean and prosperous" 2018 as overhaul continues

* Shareholders approve Africa unit selldown * McFarlane defends investment bank * Employee count to fall to 80,000 after disposals (Adds details from meeting, new quotes, result of vote) By Sinead Cruise and Lawrence White LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - Barclays Chairman J

Barclays targets "clean and prosperous" 2018 as overhaul continues

By Sinead Cruise LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - Barclays Chairman John McFarlane has pledged to deliver a "clean and prosperous" 2018 to investors, putting a deadline on a vast programme of restructuring and asset sales that will see staffing numbers fall by 50,000. Speaking at the bank

UPDATE 2-Retail focus helps to shield Lloyds from banking chill

* Lloyds avoids pain of banking sector * Retail focus helps to provide protection * Sale of government shares seen resuming this year (Adds shares, analyst comment) By Andrew MacAskill and Lawrence White LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group bucked the downw

TOP NEWS: Barclays CEO Pledges To Restore Dividend At Higher Level

UPDATE 1-Barclays agrees sale of Portugal and Spain Barclaycard payments unit

* Unit has assets of 1 bln pounds * Barclays continues disposal of unwanted assets * Buyer is Spanish online bank (Adds CEO quote, details on employees, costs) LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - Barclays said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its Barclaycard consumer payments busine

TOP NEWS: Barclays To Sell Barclaycard Business In Spain And Portugal

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Investec And Jefferies Keep Buy On Lloyds

Barclays agrees sale of Portugal and Spain Barclaycard payments unit

LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - Barclays said on Thursday it has agreed to sell its Barclaycard consumer payments business in Portugal and Spain to Bancopopular-e, a Spanish online bank part-owned by Banco Popular Espanol. Barclays said the business has assets worth 1 billion pounds ($1.46 b

UPDATE 1-Senior Barclays executive denies knowledge of Libor rate rigging

(Adds details of alleged Merchant, Bagguley friendship) By Kirstin Ridley LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - Senior Barclays executive Michael Bagguley told a London court that he had never sought to influence Libor benchmark interest rates, instructed others to do so, or seen any evidence