Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:52:03 GMT
Barclays profit misses estimates, 12,000 jobs to go
Barclays Plc, the second-biggest bank in the U.K., announced a decline in its year 2013 profit amid compensation and litigation charges. The pretax profit reached 5.2 billion pounds, down 26% from 7.05 billion pounds a year ago. Analysts expected the net profit to reach 5.4 billion pounds. Moreover, today the bank announced that up to 12,000 jobs will be cut