Barclays Sinks On Sachsen Worries
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Shares in the bank plummet on fears that it is exposed to risky conduits.
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European equity markets fell on Friday, with banks struggled in the wake of further unsettling writedowns related to the credit squeeze.
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Apartheid protesters forced bank out 18 years ago. Now it is in talks about buying a Â£2bn stake. Barclays is planning a major return to South Africa by buying a Â£2bn stake in the country&#39;s largest retail
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Business & money: Shares fall on firmly denied report that investment arm was exposed to failure of German bank.
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Blue chips closed lower off highs as Wall Street remained lower with interest rate sensitive sectors such as retailers bearing the brunt of the falls with a disappointing update from DSG International helping to weigh down the FTSE 100.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets fell as banking shares slid on speculation that French bank Societe Generale may issue a profit warning because of losses linked to US subprime mortgages.
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British bank Barclays is set to drop its three-century-old logo of an eagle in favour of Dutch bank ABN Amro&#39;s shield worldwide if the merger between the two banks is completed, The Times reported on Tuesday.
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Stocks fell on Thursday as doubts grew about a plan by global central banks to unfreeze credit markets, sending financial shares lower.
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Barclays Bank Plc  on Wednesday accused Bear Stearns Co Inc  of using two hedge funds that collapsed last summer as places to unload troubled assets.
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UBS, the biggest European casualty of the U.S. subprime crisis, said it was shrinking its investment banking business, cutting staff and drastically scaling down its exposure to risky investments.
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Business & money: Company behind Magners and Bulmers sees its shares slump more than 12%.
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The FTSE 100 suffered one of its worst sessions in recent years despite moves by the world's leading central bankers to combat the credit squeeze.
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Barclays PLC  may have tallied  big losses in a Bear Stearns Cos.  hedge fund that  invested in risky mortgages, The Wall Street Journal reported  on Saturday.
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Leading British shares nosedived to session lows as Wall Street slipped amid ongoing concerns about the weak US currency.
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UBS (NYSE:UBS) led European shares on a roller-coaster ride on Thursday when growing fears that losses at ailing bond insurers would pummell the banking sector capped the worst yet January for European stock markets.
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London's FTSE 100 fell on Friday, after stronger banks failed to offset weakness in the food and beverages sector.
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Barclays, the UK banking giant, is being sued for around $150m by HSH Nordbank over losses the German regional bank alleges it made by investing in sophisticated bonds.