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Key reform call Varley needs to make

16.11.09
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City’s fury at Darling plans to curb banks’ bonus culture

16.11.09
There was growing anger across the City today over plans the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling has to “tear up” bankers’ bonus contracts ... more

Awfully sorry, but Barclays looks in pretty good shape

30.10.09
Rebuilding Britain's banks: While most banking bosses stuggled to say the "s" word, the chief executive of Barclays, John Varley, has spent the last year saying sorry... more

Barclays: ‘We are lending the UK far more than we expected’

03.08.09
Barclays revealed it lent £17  billion to UK households and business in the first half of this year — already outstripping the £11 billion target it set for the whole of 2009 ... more

But Barclays' bad debts are rising

03.08.09
Barclays was forced to write off another £4.56 billion as unemployment soared in the UK and the recession hit borrowers around the world ... more

Barclays lent £17bn in first half – more than full year target

03.08.09
Barclays revealed it lent £17 billion to UK households and business in the first half of 2009 - already outstripping the £11 billion target it set for the whole of 2009.... more

Mega-profits at Barclays and HSBC spark recovery hopes

03.08.09
Barclays and HSBC reported strong profits, fuelling hopes that the worst of the banking crisis is over ... more

Business beware the Sugar rush that wiped out Amstrad

15.06.09
No one doubts Sir Alan Sugar produces good television, but there's never been a government appointment that has prompted such ridicule — and not a little discomfort... more

Commentary: Varley vindicated as he finally kills the threat of a bailout

12.06.09
John Varley declined to say anything when I suggested to him this morning that his strategy to avoid being bailed out by the Government had finally been vindicated ... more

Barclays £11bn loans pledge as investors vote

23.04.09
Barclays will lend an extra £11 billion to householders and business in the coming year, chief executive John Varley said... more

A very orderly riot, and a professional job by Agius

23.04.09
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Pay and pension rise for Barclays' Varley

24.03.09
Barclays directors received no cash bonuses last year, as they promised, but finance director Chris Lucas and Frits Seegers, head of retail and commercial banking, are in line for share awards worth £800,000 and £1.6 million respectively... more

Barclays warns of tough year as profits fall 14 per cent

09.02.09
John Varley, Barclays chief executive, has warned shareholders that they face another tough year in 2009... more

Bank boss: We deserve bonus

09.02.09
The head of Barclays has defended the bank’s decision to pay hundreds of millions of pounds in bonuses... more

Please Mandy, let’s not say Tata to another £2.3 billion

29.01.09
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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

Barclays in shares surge after £8bn writedown

26.01.09
Banking: Bank today admitted to credit market losses last year but again denied that it faced financial problems... more

Shares surge as Barclays says it is in good health but takes hit of £8 billion

26.01.09
Banking: Shares jumped as much as 76% today after bank said credit-market losses had not damaged its financial security... more

If everything in the garden’s lovely, why are we so twitchy?

26.01.09
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Barclays plunges amid new worries over bailouts bill

23.01.09
Economy: Barclays' shares tumbled sharply again as investors ignored chief executive John Varley's attempts to calm the markets... more

Is this the man who sold Barclays down the river?

22.01.09
A rescue deal hailed only months ago seems set to put the bank in the hands of Arab investors after a run on shares. Now CEO John Varley is being blamed for the humiliation ... more

Barclays boss ‘is talking down market’

15.12.08
The head of Barclays Bank was accused of “talking down” the housing market after claiming property prices will drop by a further 15 per cent next year... more

Comment: Obama offers us a fresh shot to get mad about Larry

25.11.08
While Alistair Darling was fleshing out his plans to save the UK economy yesterday, Barack Obama was unveiling the team he wants to help him save the American one... more

Barclays' holders take up its £500m olive branch

19.11.08
Banking: Barclays' shareholders snapped up all of the £500 million of preferred stock that the troubled bank offered to them as an olive branch to calm the row over its controversial fundraising plans... more

Back us or sack us, say the top four at Barclays

18.11.08
Banking: Barclays directors have issue a "back us or sack us" ultimatum and the top four executives agreed not to take a bonus this year... more

Commentary: Luck plays a role in Varley's great escape

13.10.08
Say what you like about the table tennis-playing chief executive of Barclays, John Varley, but he has every right to look a bit smug. ... more

How dithering Darling failed to please bankers or the markets

07.10.08
When Chancellor Alastair Darling rose to address MPs on the financial crisis at 3.29 pm yesterday the FTSE 100 share index was a mere 200 points down... more

Barclays chief says sorry as profits dive

07.08.08
Barclays boss John Varley apologised to shareholders today as first-half profits dropped by a third ... more

Barclays set to raise £4.5bn in share sale

25.06.08
Barclays is raising £4.5 billion through a massive share placing with Middle Eastern and Far Eastern investors... more

Barclays chief hits back at the critics

24.04.08
Barclays chief executive John Varley turns on the bank's critics... more

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