Barclays Share News (BARC)

Wednesday tips round-up: Wood Group, HSBC

Investors should be wary of yesterday's surge in the shares of oil field services group Wood Group. The company reported a strong set of figures despite the recent drop in oil prices. However, one must keep in mind that most of that decline occurred towards the end of the year. That flattered the ou

Campaigners seek legal review of UK banks' swaps redress scheme

* Law firm Slater & Gordon will lead case * Action follows publication of new information * FCA says scheme was 'quick, efficient and fair' By Matt Scuffham LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A campaign group will seek a judicial review of the process for compensating small busine

UPDATE 1-Center Parcs owner Blackstone picks banks for 2.5 bln stg London listing - sources

(writes through, adds details) By Andrew Winterbottom and Anjuli Davies LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - U.S. private equity group Blackstone has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley as global coordinators to prepare a potential London listing of British-based resorts grou

UPDATE 2-Aldermore doubles profit, challenging big British banks

* FY underlying pretax profit 56 mln stg * Lending up 42 percent to 4.8 bln stg * CEO says bank picking up business from 'big 4' banks * Says bank did not hold takeover talks with TSB (Adds chief executive comments) By Matt Scuffham LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Briti

Foreign private banks plan India headcount boost in revival of growth push

* Foreign private banks seen raising headcount by a fifth in 2015 * New investment options including start-ups fuelling revival * Individual financial assets set to double to $5 trillion by 2019 By Sumeet Chatterjee MUMBAI, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Foreign private banks are bulk

UPDATE 1-OCI to demerge construction, fertiliser units

(Adds advisers, further details) DUBAI, Feb 16 (Reuters) - OCI plans to spin off its engineering and building business from its fertilisers and chemicals' unit next month, the Amsterdam-listed firm said on Monday. The demerger will take place on March 7, the company said in a stateme

MOVES- Barclays' Del Canto to move to New York

By Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON, Feb 16 (IFR) - Fabianna Del Canto, a managing director on Barclays' sovereign, supranational and agency bond syndicate desk, is to move to New York, according to a source. She will take up a position on the syndicate desk at the bank in the US, the source

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: "Time And Money Are Running Out For Greece"

TOP NEWS: Germany "Sceptical" Of Greek Debt Accord Ahead Of Talks

UK MORNING BRIEFING: SABMiller Leads FTSE 100 On Bid Interest Report

PRESS: Barclays Fails To Win Dismissal Of Dark Pool Lawsuit - Reuters

American Express and JetBlue ending card partnership -Bloomberg

Feb 13 (Reuters) - American Express Co, which said on Thursday that its credit card partnership with Costco Wholesale Corp would end next year, is also ending its co-branded card deal with JetBlue Airways Corp, according to a published report. Bloomberg, citing people with knowledge of the

UPDATE 2-Barclays fails to win dismissal of NY 'dark pool' lawsuit

(Adds details from decision, Schneiderman comment, background) By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A New York judge on Friday rejected Barclays Plc's effort to dismiss state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's lawsuit accusing it of defrauding clients about high-speed tr

Barclays fails to win dismissal of NY 'dark pool' lawsuit

NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A New York judge on Friday rejected Barclays Plc's effort to dismiss state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's lawsuit accusing it of defrauding clients about its private securities trading platform, known as a dark pool. Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich of the

UPDATE 1-U.S. retailers gaining upper hand in partnerships with banks

(Adds link to related Reuters BREAKINGVIEWS column) By David Henry NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. banks are finding that "co-branded" credit cards they offer with retailers, airlines, hotels and other consumer companies are increasingly a lousy business, one not likely to get bette