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John Varley RSS feedKey reform call Varley needs to make
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2009-11-16T08:09:45ZAwfully sorry, but Barclays looks in pretty good shape
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<b>Rebuilding Britain's banks:</b> While most banking bosses stuggled to say the "s" word, the chief executive of Barclays, John Varley, has spent the last year saying sorry2009-10-30T13:06:41ZBarclays: ‘We are lending the UK far more than we expected’
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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 20092009-08-03T08:15:22ZBut Barclays' bad debts are rising
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Barclays was forced to write off another £4.56 billion as unemployment soared in the UK and the recession hit borrowers around the world2009-08-03T08:36:59ZBarclays lent £17bn in first half – more than full year target
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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 2009.2009-08-03T13:33:24ZMega-profits at Barclays and HSBC spark recovery hopes
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Barclays and HSBC reported strong profits, fuelling hopes that the worst of the banking crisis is over2009-08-03T08:43:59ZBusiness beware the Sugar rush that wiped out Amstrad
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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 discomfort2009-06-15T07:02:22ZCommentary: Varley vindicated as he finally kills the threat of a bailout
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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 vindicated2009-06-12T08:13:47ZBarclays £11bn loans pledge as investors vote
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Barclays will lend an extra £11 billion to householders and business in the coming year, chief executive John Varley said2009-04-23T08:36:33ZA very orderly riot, and a professional job by Agius
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2009-04-23T13:23:22ZPay and pension rise for Barclays' Varley
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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 respectively2009-03-24T13:53:20ZBarclays warns of tough year as profits fall 14 per cent
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John Varley, Barclays chief executive, has warned shareholders that they face another tough year in 20092009-02-09T09:11:26ZBank boss: We deserve bonus
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The head of Barclays has defended the bank’s decision to pay hundreds of millions of pounds in bonuses2009-02-09T09:27:45ZPlease Mandy, let’s not say Tata to another £2.3 billion
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2009-01-29T09:47:47ZDiamond and Agius to host Davos dinner
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<strong>Davos:</strong> Barclays execs were today set to press ahead with glittering Davos event despite sense of crisis engulfing the bank2009-01-26T09:13:05ZBarclays in shares surge after £8bn writedown
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<strong>Banking:</strong> Bank today admitted to credit market losses last year but again denied that it faced financial problems2009-01-26T08:49:38ZShares surge as Barclays says it is in good health but takes hit of £8 billion
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<strong>Banking:</strong> Shares jumped as much as 76% today after bank said credit-market losses had not damaged its financial security2009-01-26T15:58:41ZIf everything in the garden’s lovely, why are we so twitchy?
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2009-01-26T11:23:02ZBarclays plunges amid new worries over bailouts bill
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<strong>Economy: </strong>Barclays' shares tumbled sharply again as investors ignored chief executive John Varley's attempts to calm the markets2009-01-23T09:15:34ZIs this the man who sold Barclays down the river?
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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 humiliation2009-01-22T10:25:40ZThe fat cats and their bonus bonanza
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2009-01-21T09:42:44ZBarclays boss ‘is talking down market’
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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 year2008-12-15T08:28:11ZComment: Obama offers us a fresh shot to get mad about Larry
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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 one2008-11-25T08:14:21ZBarclays' holders take up its £500m olive branch
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<strong>Banking:</strong> 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 plans2008-11-19T09:40:12ZBack us or sack us, say the top four at Barclays
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<strong>Banking:</strong> Barclays directors have issue a "back us or sack us" ultimatum and the top four executives agreed not to take a bonus this year2008-11-18T09:19:18Z<b>Commentary: </b>Luck plays a role in Varley's great escape
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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.2008-10-13T14:10:19ZHow dithering Darling failed to please bankers or the markets
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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 down2008-10-07T13:50:13ZBarclays chief says sorry as profits dive
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Barclays boss John Varley apologised to shareholders today as first-half profits dropped by a third2008-08-07T10:32:37ZBarclays set to raise £4.5bn in share sale
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Barclays is raising £4.5 billion through a massive share placing with Middle Eastern and Far Eastern investors2008-06-25T10:22:13ZBarclays chief hits back at the critics
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Barclays chief executive John Varley turns on the bank's critics2008-04-24T09:22:54Z