Barclays profits hit record
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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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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the  largest investment bank by market value, said on Tuesday  quarterly earnings rose to a record, despite recent fears that  mortgage market woes and flagging stocks would hurt results.
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ANZ Banking Group kicked off the bank reporting season on Tuesday, unveiling a record annual profit of $2.815 billion and extending the contract of chief executive John Macfarlane until 2007.
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Business & money: Biggest annual profits in British corporate history cause storm of protest from trade union leaders
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SHARES in Coles Myer raced to another record high yesterday as chief executive John Fletcher forecast double-digit sales growth for 2004-05 after a barnstorming start to the financial year.
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Britannia Building Society thanks its recent purchase of Bristol & West for lifting first-half profits to a record Â£76m.
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Shares in Barclays  raced to a  record high as speculation mounted that Bank of America   could bid for the UK bank, even though its outgoing chairman  sold shares to signal no approach had been made.
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Shares in Barclays  surged over 4 percent toward their record high on Thursday as traders said talk returned that Spanish or U.S. banks were casting an acquisitive eye on Britain's third-biggest bank.
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The value of foreign-backed takeovers of British firms hit a quarterly record in the three months to June 30 amid the sale of pharmacy group Alliance Boots and steelmaker Corus, data showed Tuesday.
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Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has reported a record net profit of 11.3 billion Swiss francs (9.1 billion dollars, 6.3 billion euros) in 2006, more than double the 5.8 billion Swiss francs posted in 2005.
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British bank Barclays has raised its offer for ABN AMRO to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) and included some cash, helped by major investment from state authorities in China and Singapore.
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Barclays, the nation's third biggest bank, said Tuesday that net profits sank by about 3.0 percent last year owing to the US subprime housing crisis and related global squeeze on credit.
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Global mining giant Anglo American reported on Wednesday record profits in 2006 on the back of strong metal prices and keen Chinese demand.
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UBS , the world's largest wealth manager, reported record full-year profits as its wealth management and investment banking units boomed, hiked its dividend and unveiled a 16 billion Swiss franc ($12.77 billion) share buyback.
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Wells Fargo & Co.  and U.S.  Bancorp  recorded higher second-quarter profits, leading  a batch of bank earnings on Tuesday, as higher fees offset  pressure on lending margins from rising interest rates.
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Standard Chartered, the emerging markets bank, has reported on Tuesday that 2006 net profits soared by almost one fifth, helped by strong economic growth in its key Asian markets.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the largest investment bank by market value, said on Tuesday quarterly earnings rose to a record, despite recent fears that mortgage market woes and flagging stocks would hurt results.