U.K. bank's fall in profit damps hopes on Asia

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Standard Chartered PLC posted a decline of 35% in its pretax profits for the first-half of 1999. The British-based bank posted 271 million pound sterling (411 million euros) in pretax profits for the period. During the same period in 1998, Standard Chartered reported 416 million pound sterling. The bank hopes of a fast recovery in the Asian region were lessened with the first-half figures.

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Posts decline of 35% in pretax profits for first-half of 1999

Standard Chartered PLC

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Barclays says it's not for sale as earnings rise

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Barclays announces an annual profit increase of 30% along with its new performance targets, and makes it known that the bank is not for sale.

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Barclays' net fell 8.8% to 3.36 billion euros in 2002

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Barclays PLC posted a decline of 8.8% in its 2002 net profits. The company posted 3.36 billion euros in net profits for the year.

Company sales and earnings, Company earnings/profit

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