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(Sharecast News) - Shore Capital has reiterated a 'buy' recommendation on Barclays after its deal to takeover Tesco Personal Finance for £600m, saying that the stock should double from current levels.
Read more(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC and Tesco PLC on Friday announced an agreement for Barclays to buy the retail banking business of Tesco Bank, as the big UK supermarkets scale back their forays into financial services.
Read more(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open higher on Friday, closing off a busy corporate week.
Read more(Sharecast News) - UK supermarket giant Tesco has sold its most of its retail banking business to Barclays for £600m, the two companies said on Friday.
Read more(Sharecast News) - Zuber Issa, one of the two billionaire brothers at the helm of Asda, has been sounding out potential buyers for his 22.5% stake in the grocer. Instead, Zuber wishes to focus on EG Group, their petrol station empire. Meanwhile, Asda's next phase may include a bid for Boots. According to City sources, it was also possible that Zuber might use the funds raised through a sale to fund the purchase of his brother's stake in EG Group. - The Sunday Telegraph
Read moreNEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday said Barclays bank would not be permitted to underwrite municipal bonds after failing to respond to questions from state authorities about its pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Read moreNEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Friday that Barclays bank would not be permitted to underwrite municipal bonds after failing to respond to questions from state authorities about its carbon emissions reduction commitments.
Read moreLONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Thursday that its rules requiring banks to "ring fence" their retail arms with bespoke buffers of capital have worked satisfactorily with no major overhaul needed.
Read moreLONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The Bank of England said on Thursday that its rules requiring banks to "ring fence" their retail arms with bespoke buffers of capital have worked "satisfactorily" with no major overhaul needed.
Read more(Alliance News) - Jeremy Hunt has met the UK's biggest banks as part of efforts among the government to boost interest in the City.
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*Read moreBarclays up after bullish view from MS
*Read more(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Monday, propelled by gains on Wall Street at the end of last week.
Read more(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday:
Read moreLONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister Jeremy Hunt will meet the bosses of top British banks next Tuesday to seek reassurance they can keep lending to the economy, four sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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