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Bean and Barclays on Monday announced the launch of a new Visa card they said will provide enhanced benefits to shoppers who use it to charge their purchases from the outdoors outfitter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/maine-outfitter-bank-announce-visa-card-program.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:01:29 EDT A Citi Investment Research analyst said Friday British bank Barclays PLC will need to raise as much as 9 billion pounds ($17.82 billion) to shore up its balance sheet. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/analyst-says-barclays-likely-to-need-more-capital.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:42:14 EDT Barclays PLC hopes to raise $8.85 billion through a share issue that will draw in new investment from the Middle East and Asia, the company said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/barclays-seeks-4-5-billion-pounds.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:03:23 EDT Britain's High Court on Wednesday rebuffed efforts by the billionaire Barclay brothers to force constitutional reforms on the tiny Channel island of Sark. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/barclays-fail-to-reform-island-government.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:30:59 EDT Barclays PLC said it may sell shares to both new and existing shareholders, sending its shares more than 3 percent higher Monday as investors welcomed measures that could strengthen the bank's capital. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/barclays-considering-rights-issue-to-raise-capital.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:48:03 EDT Barclays PLC and Royal Bank of Scotland PLC said Monday that they are subjects of a regulatory investigation involving loans to professional service firms. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/competition-probe-targets-banks.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:04:25 EDT Barclays PLC reported a $1.94 billion write-down in the first quarter Thursday, but bucked a trend in the banking sector and did not announce a capital increase to shore up its balance sheet. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/barclays-unit-reports-1-94-billion-write-down.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 06:55:10 EDT The FTSE 100 share index rose on Thursday following news that the Bank of England decided to keep interest rates at 5.0 per cent. The index was up 9.8 points to 6,270.8 by the end of the day (up 0.2 per cent). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/ftse-thursday.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 03:56:23 EDT The FTSE 100 share index dropped marginally by 0.3 points to 6,215.2, on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/ftse-stands-still-tuesday.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 21:53:12 EDT The chief operating officer at Barclays, which has recorded $3.18 billion in write-downs from the global credit crisis, will step down later this year, the bank said in a suprise statement Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/barclays-coo-will-step-down.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 06:19:19 EDT Barclays PLC, Britain's No. 3 banking group by market capitalization, will report lower first-quarter earnings compared with the same period a year earlier, after a particularly tough time in March, the bank's chief executive said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/barclays-expects-lower-1q-profit.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:11:24 EDT Among the earnings projection stories for Thursday, April 24, from AP Financial News: LONDON (AP) _ Barclays PLC, Britain's No. 3 banking group by market capitalization, will report lower first-quarter earnings compared with the same period a year earlier, after a particularly tough time in March, the bank's chief executive said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/outlook-roundup-barclays-earthlink.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:24:55 EDT Barclays PLC will report lower first-quarter earnings compared with the same period a year earlier, after a particularly tough time in March, the bank's chief executive said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/barclays-says-1q-profit-will-be-lower-than-a-year-earlier.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:16:50 EDT The FTSE 100 share index was almost unchanged as Monday came to an end, with the index going down only 3.5 points to 6,053.0 (down 0.06 per cent). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/alliance-leicester-barclays-hbos-hsbc-lloyds-tsb-standard-chartered.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:54:59 EDT The FTSE 100 share index fell 69.6 points to 5,895.5 on Friday (down 1.2 per cent) after earlier gains nearly took the index above the 6000 point mark. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/39419-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/ftse-ftseurofirst-commerzbnk-credit-suisse-barclays-hbos-hsbc-lloyds-tsb.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/ftse-ftseurofirst-commerzbnk-credit-suisse-barclays-hbos-hsbc-lloyds-tsb.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:43:37 EDT The FTSE 100 share index fell marginally on Thursday, dropping 18.8 points to 5,965.1 (down 0.3 per cent) after the Bank of England cut interest rates from 5.25 to 5 per cent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/ftse-alliance-leicester-barclays-hbos-lloyds-tsb-royal-bank-scotland-standard-chartered.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:50:18 EDT The FTSE 100 share index fell early on Tuesday. At 08:34 on Tuesday the FTSE 100 was down 41.2 points to 5,973.6 (down 0.7 per cent). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/barclays-hsbc-hbos-standard-chartered-royal-bank-scotland-and-lloyds-tsb.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:33:25 EDT Barclays Bank PLC said Monday it has agreed to buy Russia's Expobank, which has 32 branches principally in Moscow and St. Petersburg, for $745 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080303/barclays-bank-buying-russias-expobank.htm Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:11:21 EST Barclays Bank PLC said Monday it bought Russia's Expobank for $745 million. Expobank, founded in 1994, has 32 branches principally in Moscow and St. Petersburg. It has net assets of $186 million (123 million euros). http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080303/barclays-bank-buys-russias-expobank.htm Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:05:55 EST Barclays PLC spent $1.11 million in 2007 to lobby the federal government on a broad range of legislation related to the mortgage and financial services industries. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/barclays-lobbied-on-mortgage-reform.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:07:32 EST