Read more Barclays stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1368/barclays.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:24:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69737/new-recession-villain-warren-buffetts-cell-phone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf Warren Buffett knew how to use his cell phone, the financial world might be in better shape, blogs Karen Tumulty of Time . Just before Lehman Brothers collapsed last year, a Barclays executive attempting to rescue the firm with an assist from Buffett left a message on the Oracle of...http://www.newser.com/story/69737/new-recession-villain-warren-buffetts-cell-phone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 8:24:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66003/dow-up-115-on-manufacturing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStocks rallied today on signs of a turnaround for US manufacturing, the Wall Street Journal reports. Oil rose $2.13, to $71.27 per barrel, its highest price in a month, and banks HSBC and Barclays reported strong quarterly earnings. The Dow closed up 114.95 to settle at 9,...http://www.newser.com/story/66003/dow-up-115-on-manufacturing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 15:11:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60774/stocks-flat-after-big-rally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStocks were essentially flat at today's open on the heels of yesterday’s huge rally. The Dow inched down 15 points, while the Nasdaq and S&P fell 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively. Commodity prices were backing off, though oil still hovered around $68 a barrel. Financials were mixed, with Barclays...http://www.newser.com/story/60774/stocks-flat-after-big-rally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 8:52:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58301/banks-lead-asian-stock-rally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Nikkei stock average soared 4.6% today to close at a 6-month high, leading a rally across Asia. Banking stocks led advances as worries about the US financial system abated, with Mitsubishi UFJ jumping more than 15%. Markets in London, Paris and Frankfurt all opened in positive territory and...http://www.newser.com/story/58301/banks-lead-asian-stock-rally.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 4:01:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48476/dow-tumbles-332-below-8000.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA spirit of optimism swept through America today as Barack Obama was sworn in—except on Wall Street, where financial trouble at home and in the UK sent the Dow below 8,000 for the first time since November, the Journal reports. The Dow fell 332.13 to close at...http://www.newser.com/story/48476/dow-tumbles-332-below-8000.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 15:21:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48158/dow-gains-68-despite-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS stocks clawed back to gains today amid turmoil in the financial sector and volatile price swings stemming from the expiration of January options contracts, MarketWatch reports. Although 100 points off its open at midday, the Dow finished with a gain of 68.73, to 8,281.22. The Nasdaq...http://www.newser.com/story/48158/dow-gains-68-despite-banks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Jan 2009 15:29:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45439/feds-let-lehman-fail-then-loaned-it-138b-anyway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter refusing to bail out Lehman Brothers, the Federal Reserve funneled $87 billion to a subsidiary through JPMorgan Chase on Sept. 15, then another $51 billion the next day. The feds say they aimed to “facilitate an orderly wind-down” of Lehman’s broker-dealer operations, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in the New...http://www.newser.com/story/45439/feds-let-lehman-fail-then-loaned-it-138b-anyway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Dec 2008 9:20:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39414/uk-buys-up-bank-shares-in-radical-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe British government will become part owner of the nation's biggest banks with a mammoth $88-billion rescue package for the troubled institutions, the Wall Street Journal reports. Under the plan, swiftly assembled after UK bank stocks plummeted in trading yesterday, the government will purchase non-voting shares in eight of the...http://www.newser.com/story/39414/uk-buys-up-bank-shares-in-radical-bailout.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Oct 2008 4:29:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38145/ny-lehman-crew-gets-25b-bonus-pool.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 10,000 New York Lehman Brothers employees will share bonus pay of $2.5 billion, sparking anger among the investment bank’s European workers and critics of unfair compensation in the imploding finance arena, the Independent reports. The money was arranged before Lehman declared bankruptcy. Lehman’s British staff, who are...http://www.newser.com/story/38145/ny-lehman-crew-gets-25b-bonus-pool.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Sep 2008 9:00:11 CDT