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When Barclays PLC signed its six-year sponsorship agreement with the Singapore Open golf tournament in 2006, it helped put the city-state back on the professional golfing map. However, the bank’s decision, announced Monday, to not extend its ...
May 29, 2012 at 08:56 | Source: Wall Street Journal
LONDON (Reuters) - British bank Barclays (BARC.L) said tax authorities singled it out for unfair treatment in a tax row earlier this year that damaged the bank's reputation. Britain said in February it would close two "aggressive tax avoidance ...
May 28, 2012 at 15:53 | Source: Reuters
Bob Diamond, chief executive of Barclays, has accused the government of inflicting “unnecessary damage” on its reputation when it retrospectively outlawed a £300m tax deal in a move the bank says compromised taxpayer confidentiality. Mr Diamond ...
May 27, 2012 at 23:54 | Source: Financial Times
Just in case you missed it earlier — we thought it worth posting the full letter from Bob Diamond, Barclays chief executive, to Andrew Tyrie MP, Treasury Committee chairman, regarding HMT’s blocking of two tax schemes (one on buybacks of debt).
May 29, 2012 at 13:00 | Source: Financial Times
FRANKFURT May 28 (Reuters) - German real estate group Deutsche Wohnen said it has agreed to buy a real estate portfolio valued at about 1.24 billion euros ($1.55 billion) from Barclays. The deal comprises about 23,500 apartments with a low ...
May 28, 2012 at 05:23 | Source: Reuters
I'd never heard of Samuel I. Schwartz before this morning's coffee and The New York Times. But, Samuel I. Schwartz, I'm blowing a kiss your way. Schwartz, a former traffic commissioner under New York City Mayor Koch, has weighed in for a green, practical ...
May 24, 2012 at 16:33 | Source: Huffington Post
Barclays' further discount on its fixed rate mortgage - ‘The Great Escape' - sends out a clear signal that the giant intends to mop up customers unhappy with other lenders' SVR increases, says uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching ...
May 29, 2012 at 13:43 | Source: easier.com
LONDON — Barclays said on Monday that it planned to sell its $6.1 billion stake in the investment management firm BlackRock, moving before a new banking regulation framework takes effect. BlackRock agreed to buy back as much as $1 billion of ...
May 21, 2012 at 23:39 | Source: New York Times
The €200,000 contest over 10 furlongs for fillies and mares in Europe is part of the Breeders Cup Challenge series. First run in 1948, the race is named after one of the best thoroughbred fillies of the 20th century. Entries for this year’s race ...
May 29, 2012 at 15:30 | Source: Business and Leadership
(RTTNews.com) - British banking giant Barclays Bank Plc (BCS, BARC.L) announced that it has agreed to sell 26.21 million shares of common stock of BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) in an underwritten public offering at a price of US$160.00 per share.
May 22, 2012 at 22:19 | Source: NASDAQ