Barclays bail-out for Lehman stumbles over US guarantees (Guardian Unlimited)

Story date: 2008-09-14 12:46:32
Added on: 2008-09-14 13:09:43

Barclays had sounded out key shareholders about supporting a possible cash call in the event of success


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