Barclay&#39;s deal part of China efforts to build investment overseas
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China&#39;s huge investment in Barclays Bank is part of the cashed-up Asian giant&#39;s plan to spend big on foreign assets around the world and deepen its global commercial influence, analysts said Tuesday.
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Barclays PLC , attempting to wrest ABN Amro Holding NV from a competing offer by Royal Bank of Scotland Group, raised its bid to $93.4 billion after lining up investments from China and Singapore.
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Commonwealth Bank hopes to unlock the door to China&#39;s burgeoning banking market with plans for a $25 million investment in one of the country&#39;s largest city commercial banks.
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A myriad of financial institutions including banks, mutual funds, insurance companies, investment firms and credit-card companies are sending work to overseas locations.
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China has set up a money broker joint venture with ICAP, the world&#39;s largest inter-dealer broker headquartered in London, state media said Friday, providing a tool for domestic banks to hedge risks.
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Barclays, the third-biggest British bank, said that talks to buy a majority stake in South African banking group Absa were progressing well and it hoped to make an announcement soon.
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Britain&#39;s Barclays signaled a return to retail banking in South Africa after 18 years&#39; absence, saying it was in talks to buy a majority of the country&#39;s biggest retail lender Absa.
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia said it may buy 11 percent of Jinan City Commercial Bank, the first such purchase by an Australian lender in China, the fastest- growing among the world&#39;s 20 biggest economies.
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The Chinese state-controlled investment bank plans to invest $1 billion in Bear Stearns and form a venture that would pool both firmsâ businesses in Asia, with the exception of China.
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Chinese banks will be able to invest client money in British stocks and mutual funds, China said after a striking a deal with the European nation's regulators.
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Barclays is close to raising enough  finance to carry out its attempted takeover of the Dutch bank, ABN.
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Barclays is close to raising some Â£10bn from China and Singapore to back its takeover of a Dutch bank.
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Lenovo Group&#39;s takeover of IBM&#39;s personal computer business is a giant step in a multibillion-dollar foreign expansion by China, which is buying auto, television and telecommunications companies abroad.
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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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Barclays Capital  is to launch what it says is the first global investment tool to tap investors' growing appetite for exposure to trading in greenhouse gases.
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Bear Stearns would also invest in the state-run Chinese investment bank, and the two would pool their Asian businesses outside China.
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Singapore&#39;s state-linked investment firm Temasek Holdings said Monday it is investing 975 million pounds in Barclays, fighting to take over Dutch lender ABN Amro.