Barclays Share News (BARC)

FTSE 100 movers: Ashtead leads after raising full-year estimates

Equipment rental group Ashtead Group was a top riser after saying it expects to beat full-year estimates after profits jumped by a third to a record high in its first quarter. Results were supported by strong revenue growth and improving margins. Barclays gained after selling its Spanish operations

MOVES-Lazard, RBC Capital, Aviva Investors, Barclays Securities Japan

(Adds Lazard, RBC Capital, Willis North America, Goldbridge) Sept 3 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Wednesday. To inform us of other job changes, email moves@thomsonreuters.com. LAZARD LTD The financial adviser and asset manag

MOVES-RBC Capital Markets hires from Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch

Sept 3 (Reuters) - RBC Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada, said it made several appointments to its newly created European equity telecom research and specialist sales team, as well as to its consumer team. Jonathan Dann joins RBC from Barclay

London close: FTSE closes slightly higher after construction, US data

- FTSE closes up 3.86 at 6,829.17 - Construction PMI better than expected - US data impresses techMARK 2,859.07 +0.02% FTSE 100 6,829.17 +0.06% FTSE 250 15,965.43 +0.05% The FTSE ended Tuesday's session with a modest rise, as investors weighed better-than-expected construction data and looked ahea

Broker tips: Tesco, Barclays, Weir

Santander has downgraded its recommendation for Tesco from 'buy' to 'hold' in the aftermath of last week's profit warning and dividend cut. "We continue to believe that there is real deep value in Tesco on a longer term basis, but for the next six months we see the shares as dead money at best." T

Lloyds: The most complained about bank in Britain

Figures released on Tuesday showed that Lloyds was the most complained about bank in the first half of 2014. The financial ombudsman, the authority which is in charge of settling disputes between lenders and their customers, received just over 190,000 complaints between 1 January and 30 June, with

MOVES-Alvarez & Marsal hires Barclays exec for turnaround team in London

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Business management adviser Alvarez & Marsal said it appointed Senthil Alagar as a managing director to its restructuring and turnaround team in London. Alagar joins from Barclays Plc, where he headed its UK & Ireland business support restructuring team.

Barclays' Spanish disposal a "welcome positive", says Deutsche Bank

The agreement to dispose part of Barclays' Spanish operations to Caixabank is a "modest but welcome positive", according to Deutsche Bank which retained a 'buy' rating for the UK bank on Tuesday. The retail banking, wealth and investment management, and corporate banking businesses in Spain will be

Complaints against British banks fall 42 pct -ombudsman

* 191,000 complaints in H1 2014 vs 327,000 H1 2013 * PPI complaints down to 134,000 from 266,000 LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The number of complaints against British banks fell by nearly 42 percent in the first half of 2014, driven by a decline in the number of cases relating to the mi

London close: Tesco and HSBC focus investors' attention

- Chinese, Eurozone and UK manufacturing PMIs fall - Markets looking ahead to BoE, ECB, US jobs data - Perform jumps on Access Industries offer techMARK 2,858.54 +0.26% FTSE 100 6,825.31 +0.08% FTSE 250 15,957.13 +0.45% Figures showing a manufacturing slowdown in the Eurozone, UK and China capped

UPDATE 1-Hectic pace of Spanish bank deals to slow after Barclays sale

* Caixabank to buy Barclays retail, corporate bank in Spain * Pays 800 mln euros in cash for the assets * Deal draws bank consolidation in Spain to close for now * Caixabank, Barclays shares unchanged (Recasts to focus on Spanish banking consolidation, adds analyst quotes, sha

London midday: Weak global manufacturing data weighs on UK stocks

- Chinese, Eurozone and UK manufacturing PMIs fall - Markets looking ahead to BoE, ECB, US jobs data - Perform jumps on Access Industries offer techMARK 2,855.71 +0.16% FTSE 100 6,816.49 -0.05% FTSE 250 15,922.73 +0.23% Figures showing a manufacturing slowdown in China, the Eurozone and UK were we

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Perform Group Surges On Access Industries Bid

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London open: Stocks slip on Chinese data, Ukraine tensions

- Chinese manufacturing PMIs disappoint - Ukraine tensions high after Putin calls for "statehood" - Perform shares jump on Access Industries offer techMARK 2,857.65 +0.23% FTSE 100 6,811.96 -0.11% FTSE 250 15,922.03 +0.23% Weak economic data from China and ongoing geopolitical tensions in Ukraine