Lehman CEO Punched at Gym

The heads of these big banks are becoming targets.  In this case it was a Lehman employee."While former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld was testifying before the House Oversight Committee Oct. 6, CNBC reported he had...

Barclays, RBS in Talks on U.K. Government Funding

RBS and Barclays banks in the UK are thought to be the next to be in trouble, with shares in both banks plummeting today. It is thought that the UK government is going to take partial ownership in both banks."The U.K. government may invest at least 45 billion pounds ($79...

Early London rally wiped out, European market volatile

Stock markets across Asia-Pacific bounced back after huge losses for last many days in early trading. Several governments took desperate economic measures to survive the crisis. Indian government had cut down credit...

London banker dies after trying to save couple from gang assault

A very sad case is being reported in the UK. A city banker and father of two has died after trying to depend a young couple, who were strangers to him, from a gang attack. "A senior banking executive died of head...

Update: National capitalism reborn, first controlled 9/15 demolition Lehman, ...

Update Sept-19: US creates government sponsored Bad Bank Update Sept-17John W. Snow, Cerberus hedge fund CEO (Chrysler) says:"We have a broken Market economy, we have to fix it" Update Sept-15National capitalism...

Vijay Singh wins fourth Barclays title

Vijay Singh of Fiji won his fourth Barclays Classic title on Sunday after beating Spain’s Sergio Garcia and American Kevin Sutherland in a playoff.Read full article

Barclays Bank policy of silence. A credit card fraud story.

Once upon a time in Portugal there was this big international bank, the Barclays Bank. And there was this Client, Pedro. Although a low budget Client, living in a place where Barclays Bank is frequently understood as...

Barclays 'to get cash infusion from major Japanese bank'

The UK banking sector certainly appears to have been stuck with a lot of sub-prime debt problems."Barclays Plc may be close to securing a 100bn yen (€594m) capital injection from Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. as part of the bank’s efforts to weather the impact...

Islamic hedge funds find a way of going short « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"Barclays Capital, and the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Authority, an agency of the Dubai government, today announced the first Shariah compliant hedge funds on the Al Safi Trust platform. This breaks new ground for Islamic investors and opens up an entirely new asset class...

US House Prices at One Third of their 2001 Value

"US House Prices at One Third of their 2001 ValueBy The Anglo American | March 10, 2008 It only takes 240 ounces of gold to buy a US house. There has never been a better time to melt the jewelry. In gold...

World stocks tumble

"LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks nosedived and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies soared on Monday as fears gripped investors that a deteriorating U.S. economy would drag others down with it. MSCI's main world stock index, a benchmark gauge of stock markets globally,...

Revenue renews offshore sweep

"Plans for a renewed assault on tax evaders with undeclared offshore accounts are being drawn up by Revenue & Customs, which has called an exploratory meeting with 170 banks, brokers and wealth managers for Tuesday. . The Revenue wants to widen its net to catch more...

ABN AMRO's final count down

Thursday the shareholders of the ABN AMRO bank will vote for one of the two bidders; UK's Barclays and an international consortium of UK's Royal Bank of Scotland, Belgian Fortis and Spains Banco Santander.  De...

Barclays’ Global Acceleration

"Adopting a Universal Banking Model. Barclays serves customers who range from individual mortgage holders in Manchester, England, to corporations managing their risks by means of complex derivatives in different tax jurisdictions around the world. Increasingly, however,...

FPL announces FIX Algorithmic Trading Language enters beta phase

London, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet)- FIX Protocol Ltd (FPL) has announced that the FIX Algorithmic Trading Definition Language (FIXatdl(SM))has entered its beta phase in preparation for its ultimate release targeted for late 2007. The new language will deliver advanced...

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