Barclays Plc

• Ford Issues $2 Billion of Bonds

  By Matt Robinson, Bloomberg  |  January 3, 2013

  Proceeds of automaker’s first 30-year sale since 1999 in part go to fund pension plan.

• Banks Register as Swap Dealers

  By Matthew Leising, Bloomberg  |  January 2, 2013

  Units of JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Barclays sign up.

• Budget Accord Seen Crimping U.S. Expansion

  By Rich Miller and Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg  |  January 2, 2013

  Elimination of payroll tax cut will limit first-quarter growth to 1%.

• IPOs Slump to Lowest Level Since Financial Crisis

  By Lee Spears, Ruth David and Fox Hu, Bloomberg  |  December 28, 2012

  Economic slowdown and Facebook's disappointing debut curbed 2012 offerings.

• Fourth-Quarter M&A Surge Spurs Optimism

  By Aaron Kirchfeld and Serena Saitto, Bloomberg  |  December 27, 2012

  Late pickup salvages otherwise lackluster year for takeovers.

• Ratings Downgrades Fastest Since ’09

  By Matt Robinson, Bloomberg  |  December 26, 2012

  Economic slowdown, record borrowing erode credit quality.

• Swap Clearinghouses 'New Too-Big-to-Fail' Post Dodd-Frank

  By Matthew Leising and Bradley Keoun, Bloomberg  |  December 21, 2012

  Some bankers and academics are concerned about concentration of risk.

• UBS's $1.5 Billion Settlement May Be Sign of Fines to Come

  By Silla Brush and Phil Mattingly, Bloomberg  |  December 20, 2012

  Regulators have sought information from more than a dozen banks that set rates in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

• Bank Deposits Surge $2 Trillion More Than Loans

  By Charles Mead and Dakin Campbell, Bloomberg  |  December 19, 2012

  Slack borrowing demand and tighter lending standards lead to imbalance.

• UBS Fined $1.5 billion for Libor Manipulation

  By Lindsay Fortado, Gavin Finch and Liam Vaughan, Bloomberg  |  December 19, 2012

  Misconduct deemed 'more serious than Barclays'; damning e-mails released.