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WAYLAND, Mass., and LONDON -- -- Softscape , an innovator powering complete people management solutions , today announced significant growth in its Europe, Middle East and Africa operations.

Barclays President Bob Diamond chooses his words carefully these days. He doesn't offer a thought or an opinion that hasn't been considered and rehearsed.

Guaranteed bonuses, the most controversial part of bankers' pay, will be excluded from the Treasury crackdown on excessive bank remuneration.

The corporate bond market pulls its boom-time clothes out of the closet. With credit cheap and investors starved for yield, a few of the scarier features from the last credit bubble have reemerged.

Union urges chancellor to ignore 'scaremongering' as bankers say super-tax is job creation scheme for Paris and Zurich A "politically motivated" super-tax on bankers' bonuses will drive star City players overseas, Alistair Darling was warned today after he pledged to "claw back" money from banks in return for A 850bn of taxpayer support for the ...

Howard Davies, former chairman of the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority, on Tuesday set out a string of regulatory reforms that he said may be needed to fix the banking industry, including closer scrutiny of new products launched by banks and much faster agreement on international standards.

Shares in London lost ground on Monday, as another tumble for metals futures weighed on mining shares following stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data.

Affiliates of Quadrangle Capital Partners, the media investment arm of Steven Rattner's Quadrangle Group, are selling their entire holdings of 2.3 million shares in theater group Cinemark Holdings Inc.

Every night on "Mad Money," Jim Cramer offers market commentary and general investment advice, and he makes calls on specific stocks, both of his own choosing and in response to viewer requests.

JP Morgana s brokerage unit upgraded Barclays Capital to a a oeneutrala rating from a a oesella rating on Friday.

Financials weakened in London on Wednesday, pressuring the top share index, with HSBC Holdings and Barclays moving lower after a brokerage recommended that investors switch out of the sector.

Broad selling pressure undercut the stock market and left it to trade with modest losses.

BlackRock, Inc. today announced that it has completed its merger with Barclays Global Investors , including the market-leading iShares@ exchange traded funds business.

Thirty giant financial institutions were selected by the FSB for cross-border systemic-risk oversight and will be asked to write "living wills" that outline wind-down plans in the aftermath of a crisis.

Filed under: JPMorgan Chase , Goldman Sachs Group , Morgan Stanley , Texas Instruments , Barclays plc ADS Tech sector IPOs surged by a factor of five in terms of value from 2008 to 2009.

Filed under: Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Analyst initiations , EMC Corp , Barclays plc ADS Analyst upgrades: Citigroup upgraded Vistaprint to buy from hold on valuation following the recent pullback in shares.

European banks could have as much as $40 billion of exposure to Dubai after helping to arrange a string of bonds and loans linked to the Middle East city-state, according to analysts at Credit Suisse.

It seems that Dubai World seeking to restructure its $59 billion in debt came as a big surprise, especially to those at Barclays Capital who just a few weeks ago recommended investing long in Dubai sovereign credit.

U.K. shares traded sharply lower on Thursday, as investors took some profits off the table by selling miners and banks in particular.

The U.K.'s Supreme Court on Wednesday unexpectedly ruled in favor of the banking sector in a long-running battle over the legality of overdraft fees.