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Share Price: 217.25
Bid: 217.20
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Change: -0.30 (-0.14%)
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Open: 217.10
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Low: 216.30
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Vince Cable, Citigroup, UK banks

Wed, 22nd Dec 2010 06:02

Vince Cable was stripped of key roles on the media and telecoms tonight after he told undercover reporters he had "declared war on Rupert Murdoch" and planned to block his efforts to take full control of BSkyB. Dr Cable survived as Business Secretary on the insistence of Nick Clegg. But in a humiliating rebuff he was told that he could play no further part in the decision over News Corporation's proposed takeover of BSkyB, writes the Times. Citigroup has warned of a fresh wave of bank failures and sovereign defaults in Europe unless EU leaders come up with a credible response to the crisis. Prof Willem Buiter, the bank's chief economist, said the eurozone was paralysed by a "game of chicken" between the European Central Bank and EMU governments, the Telegraph reports.Britain's five big banks are considering making a lending pledge to support businesses as part of a new pact with the Government. The commitment, which would include Barclays, Santander and HSBC, would be a first for banks that did not receive any direct government bailout money in setting public lending targets to help the economy. Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, which together received £66 billion from the Government during the financial crisis, have been signed up to lending targets for the past two years, according to the Times.Deutsche Bank, the German financial giant, agreed to pay fines totalling $554m in order to avoid prosecution in the US over tax shelter advice it gave to wealthy investors. The payment is the latest in the US authorities' investigation into tax-shelter products, originally designed by the accounting firm KPMG, which were sold to wealthy Americans around the beginning of the last decade, the Independent reports.House prices will dip by only 2% next year, propped up by a shortage of new properties coming up for sale, according to a new report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. It said that prices, which are expected to end the year broadly unchanged from January, would edge lower at the beginning of next year as consumer confidence slides and public spending cuts begin in earnest, the Times reports.The European Union has given the go-ahead for the bail-out of three of Ireland's troubled lenders, paving for the way for the full recapitalisation of the country's indebted finance sector. Anglo Irish Bank, Allied Irish Banks and Irish Nationwide Building Society (INBS) will each receive several billion euros in new funding and two of them will be put into run-off as part of an agreement with EU regulators, says the Telegraph.
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20 Feb 2024 08:52

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks slide; banks rise as Barclays outperforms

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened in the red on Tuesday, as European markets failed to find upward momentum amid muted trading in Asia, and Monday's public holiday in the US.

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20 Feb 2024 08:19

TOP NEWS: Barclays eyes GBP2 billion cost cuts and promises returns

(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC on Tuesday announced an efficiency drive, a new divisional reporting line-up and a plan to return GBP10 billion to shareholders over the next three years.

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20 Feb 2024 07:47

LONDON BRIEFING: Barclays announces GBP1b buyback as 2023 profit falls

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called lower on Tuesday, following a US holiday, and a mixed performance in Asian markets.

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20 Feb 2024 07:01

Barclays unveils massive overhaul as profits fall 6%

(Sharecast News) - Barclays Bank unveiled a swathe of changes on Tuesday, including a structural overhaul of operations, £2bn in cost cuts and a massive increase in shareholder payouts as annual earnings fell by 6%.

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19 Feb 2024 16:10

Tuesday preview: China rate decision, Barclays in focus

(Sharecast News) - Investors' focus on Tuesday will be on the People's Bank of China's interest rate decision overnight.

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18 Feb 2024 23:26

Sunday newspaper round-up: Currys, Barclays, Homebuilders

(Sharecast News) - China's JD.com has been looking at a possible acquisition offer for Currys. Just the day before the electricals retailer had rebuffed an approach by private equity. Exploratory talks between Currys and JD had been held over the preceding weeks. Additional bidders may appear. It was understood that Currys had been contacted by multiple private equity firms on an informal basis over recent months after it was forced to cut its dividend payout. It was but the latest example of a British business being taken out and for some showed that British businesses were being chronically undervalued. - Sunday Telegraph

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16 Feb 2024 12:07

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Stocks up as UK retail sales soften GDP jitters

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were up strongly at midday on Friday, buoyed by UK retail sales data that came in far better than expected and soothed worries about the economy after numbers on Thursday showed it entered recession last year.

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16 Feb 2024 08:41

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks climb amid UK retail sales surprise

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Friday morning, after a sentiment-boosting UK retail sales reading which calmed some nerves about the economy.

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15 Feb 2024 11:59

REPEAT: Barclays bids to buy SocGen's UK private bank - Reuters

(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC is considering bidding to buy the UK private bank of France's Societe Generale SA, Reuters reported on Thursday.

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15 Feb 2024 10:37

PRESS: Barclays bids to buy SogGen's UK private bank - Reuters

(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC is considering bidding to buy the UK private bank of France's Societe Generale SA, Reuters reported on Thursday.

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15 Feb 2024 07:24

Barclays eyes SocGen's UK private bank - report

(Sharecast News) - Barclays is considering bidding for Societe Generale's UK private bank, it was reported on Thursday.

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13 Feb 2024 14:34

UK earnings, trading statements calendar - next 7 days

Wednesday 14 February 
Coca-Cola HBC AGFull Year Results
Dunelm PLCHalf Year Results
Pan African Resources PLCHalf Year Results
Severn Trent PLCTrading Statement
United Utilities Group PLCTrading Statement
Thursday 15 February 
Benchmark Holdings PLCQ1 Results
Centrica PLCFull Year Results
MJ Gleeson PLCHalf Year Results
Relx PLCFull Year Results
South32 LtdHalf Year Results
Friday 16 February 
NatWest Group PLCFull Year Results
Segro PLCFull Year Results
TBC Bank Group PLCFull Year Results
Monday 19 February 
Bank of Cyprus Holdings PLCFull Year Results
MoneySupermarket.com PLCFull Year Results
Transense Technologies PLCHalf Year Results
Wilmington PLCHalf Year Results
Tuesday 20 February 
Barclays PLCFull Year Results
BHP Group LtdHalf Year Results
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLCFull Year Results
Gran Tierra Energy IncFull Year Results
InterContinental Hotels Group PLCFull Year Results
Petra Diamonds LtdHalf Year Results
Springfield Properties PLCHalf Year Results
  
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9 Feb 2024 17:02

LONDON MARKET CLOSE: FTSE 100 falls at end of tepid week

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed lower on Friday, with the FTSE 100's losing streak extending to three days, as sentiment in Europe remains tetchy despite a largely stellar start to the day in New York.

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9 Feb 2024 15:15

London close: Stocks turn sour in afternoon trading

(Sharecast News) - London's markets turned lower on Friday afternoon, concluding a volatile week on a negative note.

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9 Feb 2024 12:46

Barclays pledges to stop directly financing new oil and gas projects

(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC has promised to stop directly financing energy clients' new oil and gas projects as part of updates to its climate change strategy.

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