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Barclays star is quitting

03.11.09
Barclays shocked investors with news that one of its top four executives is quitting ... more

Diamond rejects top job chance at Bank of America

20.10.09
Barclays president Bob Diamond has snubbed the chance to try out for the top job at Bank of America ... more

Why do so few politicians go to the Proms?

15.09.09
It is always said that women have to worry about what they wear and men do not. Yet women are making decisions based on aesthetics whereas for men they touch a fundamental sense of identity... more

City bouncing back as Barclays and HSBC reveal £6 billion profits

03.08.09
Bosses of Barclays and HSBC said worst of the financial crisis is over as banking giants announce combined profits of nearly £6 billion in the first half of the year... more

Harriet Harman: World banking crisis is down to men

03.08.09
Harriet Harman appears to blame too many male bankers for the global financial crisis as she calls for more women in boardrooms... more

City Spy: Is Barclays on the right track here?

09.07.09
Barclays Capital boss Bob Diamond's mission to take over America continues, following the purchase of the US arm of Lehman Brothers and his move from London back to his native land ... more

Banking system probe long overdue

23.06.09
The public is going to find it very hard to understand how the banking system can be on its knees one minute and earning record profits the next... more

Bob Diamond was only doing his job

15.06.09
Few other people seem to share my concern, but I am deeply uneasy about how Barclays' Bob Diamond stands to collect £16 million from the sale of Barclays Global Investors, the fund management division of Barclays Bank... more

Barclays fund arm sale may hand boss a £12m windfall

15.05.09
Barclays president Bob Diamond could get a £12.5 million windfall if the bank decides to sell its entire fund management arm Barclays Global Investors, rather than just its iShares offshoot ... more

Barclays profits rocket after boost from Lehman business

07.05.09
Barclays posted a 15% rise in profits driven by its investment banking division Barclays Capital, which for the first time included Lehman Brothers’ New York business... more

CVC Partners snaps up iShares from Barclays in £3 billion deal

09.04.09
Barclays was today finalising details of the £3 billion sale of its exchange traded funds business iShares to British private-equity group CVC Partners... more

HSBC's still wrestling with the new order

08.04.09
The self-styled "world's local bank" stepped into controversy last year when it used a fat white man called Brian as the model for a Sumo wrestler in an advertising campaign. ... more

Rich Yelena's new address: Swiss cottage

11.02.09
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BarCap 'is extremely strong' after a lift from Lehman

09.02.09
Barclays Capital chief executive Bob Diamond said the investment banking unit enjoyed an "extremely strong" start to the year thanks to the purchase of the US operations of collapsed rival Lehman Brothers... more

Hold the Krug as Davos hosts last hurrah for money men

27.01.09
Economics: As the world’s richest and most powerful executives fly out to the luxury Alpine resort of Davos, the hotels and restaurants hosting their glittering parties and dinners are braced for chill economic winds... more

Diamond and Agius to host Davos dinner

26.01.09
Davos: Barclays execs were today set to press ahead with glittering Davos event despite sense of crisis engulfing the bank ... more

British bank chiefs jet to Davos summit

26.01.09
Seven of Britain's most senior bankers are flying to the Davos economic summit renowned for its extravagant dinners and parties... more

Bank chiefs told: Hand back your £143m in bonuses

21.01.09
Pressure is growing on Britain's high street bank chiefs to hand back tens of millions of pounds of bonuses paid out as a reward for their "success"... more

As banks unveil yet more losses, the fear is worst may not be over

16.01.09
Analysis: These are anxious times for the team recruited to Government by Gordon Brown to, in his own words, “save the banks”... more

The City faces up to a new age of moral capitalism

21.11.08
The decision by top banking executives not to take their bonuses could signal the end of ‘greed is good’ and herald a kinder, caring era... more

Views collide over Candy corner chaos

29.08.08
Another twist in the blame game over who is responsible for the traffic disruption at Scotch Corner, Knightsbridge, where westbound traffic has been closed for the Candy & Candy luxury redevelopment at One Hyde Park... more

Barclays still eyeing a big buy in the US

20.08.08
Barclays president Bob Diamond repeated his claim that now is a good time for the British banking giant to get serious about America... more

Barclays executive steps back from central role in new Mayor's Fund

17.06.08
Barclays Capital boss Bob Diamond has downgraded his role as a key City Hall adviser after only six weeks, the Standard has learned... more

Barclays bank chief makes £15 million by selling his house

04.06.08
The wealthy City banker hired by Boris Johnson to help raise money for London's deprived teenagers has landed a £15 million profit from selling his house... more

Credit crunch won't halt City bonus culture

24.04.08
When it comes to bonuses, size will always matter... more

Banks have to prove their case

18.04.08
I certainly don't see why the banks should be bailed out by the taxpayer - at least not yet... more

Boris: Bank chief will be one of my City Hall aides

15.04.08
Boris Johnson has named Barclays Capital boss Bob Diamond as one of his key advisers for City Hall... more

Investment banking at the end of the road

31.03.08
In a decade or two, people will look back on the era we have just lived through and wonder how anyone thought these salaries and bonuses could be justified... more

£12m for Goldman's top banker in the UK

31.03.08
Goldman Sachs' top banker in London collects a bumper £12m pay package... more

Barclays to hand out 10% rise in dividends

19.02.08
Barclay's reassured investors today with an announcement of a 10% dividend increase.... more

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