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6/18/2013, 7:20 PM ET

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 2:49 PM Barclays (BCS) CEO Bob Diamond has just addressed Lehman (LEH) NY employees. CNBC is reporting that Barclays is buying Lehman's investment bank and capital market group - and possibly its HQ - for a rumored $2 billion. Comment!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 12:36 PM FT is reporting that Barclays (BCS) and Lehman (LEH) have reached agreement on the sale of Lehman's core U.S. broker/dealer operations. Discussions for purchase of other units still ongoing. Comment!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 7:47 AM Barclays (BCS) is in talks to buy some Lehman assets, with an eye to preserving many of Lehman's jobs and operations. Comment!
Monday, September 15, 2008, 8:05 AM Members of the new $70B credit circle: BofA (BAC), Barclays (BCS), Citigroup (C), Credit Suisse (CS), Deutsche Bank (DB), Goldman (GS), JPMorgan (JPM), Merrill (MER), Morgan Stanley (MS) and UBS (UBS). More banks may join in the future. Comment!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 1:33 PM Fannie (FNM +36%) to sell its first issue of benchmark notes since the Treasury takeover, sources say. Barclays (BCS), Citigroup (C) and JPMorgan (JPM) to manage the sale. All eyes on the spread. Comment!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 7:04 AM Carlyle, Providence and Blackstone (BX) are joining forces to bid for business information provider Informa. A bank consortium (including JPM, BCS, RBS, BAC and HBC) will put up £1.5-1.8B. It might be the biggest LBO since the credit crunch began. Comment!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 4:11 AM Barclays (BCS) may need to raise up to £7.5B ($13.3B) to bring its balance sheet in-line with I-bank peers, RBS says. Barclays' leverage puts it in "an uncomfortable position in the current environment of financial system de-leveraging and heightened external scrutiny of banks' balance sheets." Comment!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 4:59 AM According to Bob Diamond, Barclays' (BCS) president, the U.K. bank would consider buying a U.S. wealth management company but is not likely to bid for an investment bank. Comment!
Thursday, August 7, 2008, 12:57 PM "We're not going back to markets like 2005 and 2006," Barclays (BCS) CEO Bob Diamond says after the firm's 35% drop in H1 earnings. "We don't think this will spill into a deep, dark recession," but things look tough through 2009. Comment!
Thursday, August 7, 2008, 5:03 AM Barclays (BCS): First-half net profit of £1.7B (-35%) vs. £1.5B consensus. First-half write-downs totalled £1.98B ($3.9B). [WSJ] Comment!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 7:30 AM Swiss Re (SWCEY.PK) is buying Barclays' (BCS) life insurance unit for £753M ($1.48B), a move that will boost its Admin Re business in the U.K. Comment!
Monday, July 7, 2008, 8:55 AM Trading down: MI -11.6% (downgrade). European banks: RBS -7.7% STD -4.8% UBS -4.8% BCS -3.3% DB -3%. TEVA -6.25% (phase III failure). Gold miners: AAUK -4.5% KGC -3.4% ABX -2.8% GG -2.8%. Comment!
Thursday, July 3, 2008, 9:24 AM Trading higher: QI +22.3%. AMR +5.6% (layoffs, $1.3B charge). SNY +4.7% AZN +4.3% GSK +3.8%. RBS +4.6% BCS +4%. RAD +4.4% (same-store sales). FDO +3.1% (Wed. earnings). DAL +3.1%. Comment!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 5:53 AM Barclays (BCS) is up 5.7%: It is raising £4.5B ($8.9B) in a share sale, with Sumitomo Mitsui and Qatar taking stakes. Half of the funds will go to fund new opportunities. Comment!
Monday, June 23, 2008, 1:53 PM Sources say Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui may take a 4%, $1.6B stake in Barclays (BCS -1.6%), bigger than the $926M discussed last week. Barclays is trying to raise $8B from both outsiders and existing shareholders. Comment!
Friday, June 20, 2008, 6:49 AM Barclays (BCS -3.3%) may get a $927M injection from Sumitomo Mitsui. It seems "Japanese banks... have surplus capital to invest," a fund manager said. Comment!