Barclays Attemps to Avoid Government Ownership, Offloads Trillions in Assets
March 17, 2009 at 10:42 AM EDT
Barclays PLC (ADR: BCS ) today (Monday) confirmed that it is trying to sell its iShares unit, and is talking to a handful of potential suitors. In the same release, U.K.-based Barclays also said it is talking with the Treasury and Financial Securities Authority about possible participation in the government’s Asset…
