** Barclays' shares up 2.2 pct, among top FTSE 100gainers after its executive chairman John McFarlane saidit would speed up cost cuts, asset sales
** Co, which also reported a 12 pct rise in Q2 profit, is inthe midst of a 3-year plan to cut 19,000 jobs
** McFarlane said he plans to cut "non-core" assets to 20bln stg by the end of 2017, vs 57 bln stg at the end of June
** He also said he plans to cut costs as a percentage ofincome to "mid 50s" percent, from 70 percent in H1
** Shares at their highest since January 2014, topperformers on Stoxx 600 Banks Index, in decent volumes (venkateshasoumithri.mamidipudi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)
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