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• British banks: takeover prey or predators?

  - 2004-08-14

  LONDON AFP ? A counter bid to Spanish Bank Santander Central Hispano's offer for Abbey National, much rumoured, has not been made by a British bank and now talk is turning to the chances of other foreign banks moving on the highly profitable banking sector here. The British names...

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• WORLD MARKETS: London

  - 2004-08-10

  LEADING SHARES slid to a two-week low after British Airways was hit by a fall in its average revenue. Its shares dropped 3.5 per cent. Banks hogged most of the market's interest, with bid targets Abbey National and Barclays building on recent gains. The FTSE 100 fell 23.5 to 4,314.4....

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• THE INVESTMENT COLUMN: Barclays and HBOS are sound bets

  - 2004-03-16

  THE FTSE 100's 10 quoted banks account for a fifth of the value of the entire stock market, so your pension fund almost certainly owns them. Familiar high street names, one and all, they are also a solid choice for the private investor. The sector has been...

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• WORLD MARKETS: London

  - 2003-10-02

  LEADING SHARES shook off their wobbly end to September and started the final quarter of the year with their best day in four months, buoyed by resurgent banks and upbeat domestic economic data. Barclays and Abbey National led the banking revival, while insurer Royal & Sun Alliance bounced back from...

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• WORLD MARKETS: London

  - 2003-05-30

  THE FTSE 100 ended up 11.7 points at 4,083.6 as investors welcomed positive US data by snapping up companies exposed to its economy such as WPP, Tomkins and Wolseley. Banks also made good progress, helped by news that house prices are still rising and the belief that companies such as...

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• OUTLOOK: Barclays Bank

  - 2003-04-25

  THOSE HOPING for a bun fight over Mat Barrett's pay at yesterday's Barclays annual general meeting would have found it a damp squib. True enough, there was some hostile questioning, neatly deflected by a jocular Sir Peter Middleton, the chairman, and nearly a fifth of shares cast voted against the...

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• Markets: Shareholders on the warpath at AGMs

  - 2003-04-20

  The City may be enjoying the long Easter weekend, but come Tuesday the treadmill gets going again. The first-quarter earnings season in the US continues and there are some key updates from UK companies. There is also a threat that equities will return to bearish form. Anais Faraj, global strategist...

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• Banks hoping crime pays in advertising: the use of Samuel L Jackson and Martin Kemp in TV ad campaigns shows how difficult it is for banks to stand out from the crowd. (New Analysis).

  - 2003-04-10

  As Abbey National prepares to ditch its campaign featuring Martin Kemp, the actor known for his portrayal of EastEnders bad boy Steve Owen, Barclays is returning to UK television with its ads starring Samuel L Jackson MW last week, who rose to fame as the Bible-quoting killer in blood-splattered Quentin...

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• Evening Standard, London, Business Insider Column.

  - 2003-03-20

  Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 20--STEWART ENJOYS THE LAST LAUGH: John Stewart, then a director of Barclays, was widely tipped last year to become chief executive of Abbey National. He didn't get the job but it did his Barclays...

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• Britons Seek Guidance on Buying Homes in Europe.

  - 2002-11-24

  By Janette Hughes, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 24--Writer Lorna Fergusson and her husband, Rob Butler, an Oxford tutor, bought their dream home in the Dordogne in 1989. She wanted somewhere to write her first novel and a holiday...

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