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The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: Barclays Plays the China Card China Development Bank and Temasek help with Barclays' bid for ABN. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 Rich Duprey	Will Barclays Boost Bankers' Bid? A competing offer for banking giant ABN AMRO is sweetened, but not raised. Whichever bid ultimately wins out, the deal will be the largest banking merger ever, surpassing even the $57 billion deal that created Bank of America.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Barclays and ABN Amro Seal the Deal The combined Barclays and ABN Amro will be among one of the 10 largest banks in the world, one of the largest credit card issuers, and the largest institutional asset manager in the world. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: ABN and Barclays Get Tripped Up A Dutch court blocks the sale of ABN's U.S. banking business to Bank of America.
Bank Systems & Technology July 28, 2006 Paul McDougall	ING Group Latest to Tap an Outsourcing Tag Team Banking and insurance conglomerate ING Group has handed over a number of computer maintenance and support operations to a team of outsourcers under five-year deals worth a total of about $1.02 billion.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Quick Take: Who Wins in the ABN Deal? Barclays withdraws its offer for ABN Amro, meaning that the consortium of RBS, Fortis, and Banco Santander is now on track to move in. Who stands to gain in this complicated deal?
U.S. Banker November 2008 Michael Dumiak	Barclays Plc's Newfound Sway In the New World Barclays is open for business in America with 10,000 new employees taken from Lehman Brothers and observers are mulling how the new-look Barclays will be positioned in the U.S.
InternetNews September 1, 2005 Jim Wagner	IBM Banks on Deal with Dutch IBM scored a big victory for its IT outsourcing division with a five-year, $1.87 billion contract with ABN AMRO.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Should Investors Go Dutch? While ABN Amro is trying to find a balance between growth and value, investors can collect a fair dividend.
BusinessWeek May 7, 2007 Stanley Reed	Europe: The Making Of A Monolith ABN AMRO signals the euro zone's superpower status.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: Barclays Steals One From Regions Barclay's redoes its deal for Region Financial's subprime business and gets a fat discount. Investors, take note.
U.S. Banker September 2007 Michael Dumiak	She Came, But Can She Conquer? (maybe) Deanna Oppenheimer, one of the most high-profile bankers in America, has spent the last two years remaking the UK retail business at Barclays, one of the largest financial companies in the world. They arrive together at a crucial crossroads.
BusinessWeek February 23, 2004 David Fairlamb	Bargain-Sniffing In The States European banks are once again shopping aggressively for American acquisitions.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2011 Cliff D'Arcy	Barclays Banks Over 6 Billion Pounds Barclays' profit rises by a third, thanks to a big drop in write-offs.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Barclays' Juggernaut Keeps Rolling Barclays' fee businesses continue to power growth. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Bank of America Is Outbanked Bank of America managed to post a nice net income increase during its second quarter, but only half as much as some of its competitors.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	Dueling Fools: Private Equity Bull Rebuttal Private equity deals aren't without their warts, but they're still benefiting investors.
Bank Technology News December 2010 John Adams	ABN's Cloud-Based Approach to Integration The $220-billion institution has tapped IBM to construct IT building blocks in a private cloud to define its new environment.
BusinessWeek April 2, 2007 Carol Matlack	The Smart Money Is Chasing Euro Deals Investors from both sides of the pond are on an "Easter egg hunt" for potential plays.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2004 Roger Nusbaum	A Different Look at iShares British bank Barclays' iShares exchange traded funds may make a good investment in more ways than one. While shareholders wait for the ETF industry to continue to evolve they will collect Barclays' 2.75% dividend yield.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The M&A Mix Tape A rockin' review of what dealmakers have been doing over the past week. "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy featuring Barclays and ABN Amro... "The Thin Ice" by Pink Floyd featuring KKR... "This Is Why I'm Hot" by Mims and Google... etc.
Bank Technology News December 2004 Jeremy Quittner	A Reversal of Fortune? What may look like a reversal of fortune for providers of outsourcing services in financial services, appears to be something of an anomaly.
BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 Stanley Reed	Barclays: Big, But Too Small The British bank shines in investment banking and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) -- but to be a global star, it needs a megadeal.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Will Frankenhoff	Time to Bank on Barclays Despite last year's advance, shares of Barclays have further room to run in 2007.
BusinessWeek January 29, 2009 Mark Scott	Pressure Mounts to Nationalize British Banks As Royal Bank of Scotland piles up colossal losses, Gordon Brown ushers in a new bailout to stave off nationalization.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2008 Christopher Barker	Barclays' Earnings: Jolly Good The British-based bank delivers an upbeat outlook and modest writedowns.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2008 Todd Wenning	Royal Bank of Scotland's Right Royal Mess Royal Bank of Scotland is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Its 12 billion rights issue was the biggest in U.K. corporate history, and now, it reveals its first loss in 40 years.
CFO June 1, 2004 Justin Wood	The View from the East India's upstart IT-services firms face their own challenges from their giant rivals in the West.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2007 Emil Lee	Foolish Forecast: Bank of America Goes Organic The banking giant will report its first-quarter 2007 financial results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
Bank Technology News August 2003 Karen Krebsbach	Outsourcing: Fighting a Giant Sucking Sound Banks face backlash on IT job exports overseas
Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2005 Judy Ward	Working Smarter To increase its productivity of U.S. lockbox operations, Amsterdam-based ABN AMRO Bank used Demos Solutions' consulting services and StaffSmart Enterprise workforce-management software.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	At What Price Infosys? Does the software and outsourcing firm really deserve its premium valuation?
The Motley Fool May 9, 2007 Tom Taulli	Lazard's Laser Focus Lazard's CEO says his firm's business model is simple: corporate advisory on one side, asset management on the other. Both segments have been strong growth drivers -- but investors have already baked much of that growth into the stock price.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Rich Smith	People's Bank Joins the Butterfingers Gang The best solution to the ever-prevalent mishandling of personal records would be for all banks to follow ABN AMRO's lead and commit to cease mailing clients' personal information by non-secure couriers, and to make all future data transfers via encrypted electronic transfer.
The Motley Fool June 26, 2011 David Holding	Barclays Bank: Contrarian Buy The banks have been punished enough -- and Barclays looks best on balance.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2011 Cliff D'Arcy	Barclays' Profits Plunge by a Third This morning, Barclays unveiled a mixed set of results for the first half of 2011.
BusinessWeek February 17, 2011 Jeffrey McCracken	Banking on Lehman, Barclays Rises in M&A The ability to provide financing is helping Barclays Capital go head-to-head with Goldman Sachs.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Is Barclays the Big Bank to Own? Barclays' first-half earnings provide some vindication of the strength of the "universal bank" model, in which investment and commercial banking are housed under one roof.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2005 Rich Smith	Three Cheers for ABN Lost client information leads to positive changes for the banking group. Other financial institute should be following suit. But will they?
The Motley Fool September 3, 2010 Cliff D'Arcy	HSBC Threatens to Quit the U.K. Global megabank HSBC has given a clear warning that it could move its London headquarters to the Far East if forthcoming banking regulations were too restrictive.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Barclays Guts Lehman Barclays announced today that it would acquire Lehman's U.S. broker-dealer subsidiary for $1.75 billion. The deal gives Barclays immediate heft in the U.S. debt and equity capital markets.
BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 Gene G. Marcial	A Bank To Bank On Bank of America is a good defensive stock that has lagged the rally.
Investment Advisor July 2009 James J. Green	Black Rock in $13.5 Billion for Barclays Global BlackRock Inc. will acquire Barclays Global Investors for $6.6 billion in cash and 37.8 million shares of BlackRock common stock and equivalents.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2010 Alex Dumortier	Which Large Bank Is a Target? Barclays Bank, the U.K.'s second-largest bank, is on the prowl for a U.S. retail bank.
The Motley Fool June 18, 2011 Cliff D'Arcy	Barclays Wants Billions More in Revenue The bank aims to cut costs, boost revenues, and improve returns to investors.
Bank Systems & Technology July 14, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	Barclays Reports 1m UK Customers Online, Zero Fraud Smart card vendor Gemalto credited with ensuring security.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2009 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Barclays pays up for Capital One.
On Wall Street July 1, 2010 Lee Conrad	Barclays Builds Its Beachhead In The U.S.-- But Can It Pick Up The Pace? There are lingering questions in some corners over whether Barclays Wealth can really make a go of it in the United States.