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Not to be close to epstein, when in reality he viewed him as a cherished friend. Lets cross to our Business Editor simonjack, who has the details. Yes, before jes yes, Beforejes Staley yes, before jes staley was the yes, Beforejes Staley was the boss of barclays, he ran the Private Banking of barclays, he ran the private bankin business of of barclays, he ran the Private Banking Business Ofjpmorgan of barclays, he ran the Private Banking of barclays, he ran the private bankin business ofjpmoran for banking Business Ofjpmorgan for High Net Worth clients, of which Jeffrey Epstein was one. Now, following Jeffrey Epstein s conviction and subsequent suicide for six offences, the Financial Conduct Authority asked barclay to try to characterise and find out about how close the relationship had been between mr staley and mr epstein, and the bank rate back to the regulator approved by mr staley, saying he insisted they had no close personalfriendship, it was professional only. E mail that subse
At one point they were down by almost a third. Metro bank is the youngest lender on britains high streets. It launched here back in 2010 in the wake of the Global Financial crisis to take on the likes of lloyds and ba rclays. It was the first to do so for more than 100 years. But its had a series of Financial Issues and on thursday there were reports that its urgently trying to raise up to £600 million to shore up its finances. So should customers be worried . Heres our Business Correspondent theo leggett. Well, i dont think customers should be too worried at this stage. Although a 25 drop in the share price is clearly not a good look, metro bank insists that, fundamentally, its finances are pretty sound, it made a profit in the first half of this year, and it continues, crucially, to meet all regulatory requirements in terms of the financial buffers its obliged to give. 0n terms of the financial buffers its obliged to give. On top of that, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme d
West shelf lng plant next year. West shelf lng plant next year. We expect the risk premium now for global gas markets should partially subside but what this incident really highlights is how fragile the global gas market is in the wake of the withdrawal of russian supply last year and global gas markets are still going to stay on edge towards any kind of risk of Supply Disruptions over the next few years. The next few years. That is a aood the next few years. That is a good point the next few years. That is a good point you the next few years. That is a good point you raise, the next few years. That is a good point you raise, saul, l good point you raise, saul, that it good point you raise, saul, thatitis good point you raise, saul, that it is a fragile situation fraught with worries. What more do you think can be done to try and insulate this in these circumstances . It and insulate this in these circumstances . Circumstances . It is very difficult circumstances . It is very difficul
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