Barclays
Musk’s Twitter deal deemed the ‘worst in Wall Street since financial crisis’
Seven lenders including Barclays and Morgan Stanley provided $US13 billion ($19.3 billion) in financing for the billionaire’s Twitter takeover. They’re still sitting on the debt two years later.
- by James Titcomb
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Epstein ‘offered to help former Barclays boss get daughter into top US university’
The paedophile financier said he could introduce the Wall Street banker to the president of Columbia University at Davos to secure his daughter a place, according to a previously confidential report.
- by Simon Foy
Murdoch and conservative rivals circle Spectator and Telegraph
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has coveted The Spectator for decades – now is his chance to pounce.
- by Thomas Seal, Sabah Meddings and Alex Wickham
Turbulence prompts Wall Street banks to trim hawkish Fed bets
Bets on a US Federal Reserve 50 basis point rate rise at the start of the month have been dramatically altered by the collapse of two mid-sized US banks and troubles at Credit Suisse.
- by Susan Mathew
Households hit hard on fuel, groceries in inflation’s biggest spike since 2014
Households are confronting the sharpest inflation spike in years, fuelling the case for an early interest rate rise.
- by Jennifer Duke
Delta-driven economic hit could be worse than expected, fuelling Omicron fears
Strict lockdowns to stop the spread of Delta may have hit the economy harder than expected, fuelling fears the recovery from the pandemic could be derailed by the new Omicron variant.
- by Jennifer Duke and Shane Wright
Barclays CEO departs after Jeffrey Epstein probe
Jes Staley is leaving the bank after a dispute with British financial regulators over how he described his ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
- by Lawrence White
The ‘R-word’: Record recovery but economists warn of recession fears
Australia is poised to slip out of its strongest ever economic performance into one of its worst as state lockdowns dent consumer spending and play havoc with the nation’s jobs market.
- by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke
Banks facing $1.85bn lawsuit over forex rigging claims
Class action lawsuits are rare in the UK, but this one promises to be a doozy.
- by Lucy Burton
Top deal makers to lead Magellan and Barclays investment bank startup
Some of Australia's top deal makers are heading up a new investment banking venture backed by ASX-listed fund manager Magellan and British bank Barclays
- by John Collett
Malaysia's surprise move to ease coronavirus rules worries scientists
The infection numbers are low and the economic costs are mounting - but scientists warn it's too soon to reboot the economy by opening restaurants and offices.
- by James Massola
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