Barclays 'will benefit from credit crisis'
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Business & money: Â· Exposure to turbulence not as high as feared  Â· But depressed share price may mean losing ABN bid
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Mortgage lender calls on Bank of England to provide emergency funding, in new sign that the credit crunch is squeezing UK banking.
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Barclays PLC, Britain&#39;s third-biggest bank, said Thursday it is on track to meet analyst expectations of a full-year profit before tax of 4.5 billion pounds ($8.5 billion, euro6.5 billion), despite a flat performance from its domestic retail banking
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British bank Barclays has drawn up contingency plans to restructure its all-share offer for Dutch rival ABN Amro with a significant cash sweetener, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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The UK's third biggest bank Barclays sees annual pre-tax profits rise to record levels boosted by a sharp rise in business at its investment division.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Shares of Barclays PLC rose more than 4 percent yesterday after an investment analyst advised clients that Bank of America Corp. may be interested in bidding for the London-based banking company.
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Top UK banks could report combined annual profits of about Â£38bn despite worries about exposure to bad debts.
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The worst of the banking crisis  resulting from the subprime meltdown is likely to be over in  months rather than quarters, Credit Suisse  Chief  Executive Brady Dougan was quoted as saying on Saturday.
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The Bank of England said Wednesday it would pump more cash into the financial system amid recent turmoil in global credit markets -- and could inject more liquidity as soon as next week.
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LONDON, September 24  - Barclays Plc (BCY.FSE) witnessed a robust rally in its share price this morning, after the company disclosed its plans to buy a controlling stake the South African retail banking company, Absa, yesterday.
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AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - British bank Barclays's hopes of taking over Dutch rival ABN AMRO won a boost on Tuesday when a court adviser said ABN could sell its U.S. arm without a shareholder vote.
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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, has said that net profit surged by 33 percent to a record 4.571 billion pounds (6.782 billion euros, 8.906 billion dollars) in 2006, lifted by its investment banking arm.
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Barclays, forced this week to deny reports of exposure to troubled debt products, said it helped rescue a $1.6 billion debt fund at a London-based asset management firm.
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The Bank of England has offered an emergency loan to Northern Rock after the mortgage lender became the biggest British casualty so far of the credit squeeze sparked by the crisis in U.S. subprime mortgage markets.
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The Bank of England provided emergency funding to mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC on Friday after the bank, citing the global credit squeeze triggered by the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, said it was unable to line up short-term loans from other financial institutions. Even after the central bank issued a statement saying Northern Rock was solvent, slow moving lines of customers snaked through its doors to make withdrawals.
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Barclays PLC, Britain's third-biggest bank, said Thursday it is on track to meet analyst expectations of a full-year profit before tax of 4.5 billion pounds (US&#36;8.5 billion, euro6.5 billion), despite a flat performance from its domestic retail banking business.
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The Northern Rock applies to the Bank of England for emergency financial support, the BBC  learns.