While living in London before moving to the U.S. last year, she attended charity balls and worked at Barclays Bank PLC.

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Among the largest underlying components of DGS, in trading today Barclays Bank Plc ( AMEX: INP) is off about 0.8%, IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones S.A. ( NYSE: IRS) is off about 1.3%, and Telecom Argentina SA ( NYSE: TEO) is lower by about 1.1%.

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The banks, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in the U.S., and Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Barclays PLC, Societe Generale and BNP Paribas in Europe, are expected to be affected by one or two ratings notches, if they are downgraded.

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European banks including UBS AG, Barclays Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Credit Suisse Group AG have announced more than 70, 000 job cuts since midyear, compared with 42, 000 by U.S. peers, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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The report that's lit up Wall Street is that Bank of America is looking closely at Barclays PLC, the third-largest British bank.

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European bank stocks suffered steep declines in the past few weeks, leaving even strong banks like Deutsche Bank AG and Barclays PLC down 30% or more so far this month.

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The report that's lit up Wall Street is that Bank of America (nyse: BAC - news - people ) is looking closely at Barclays PLC (nyse: BCS - news - people ), the third-largest British bank.

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Deutsche Bank sank 4.7%, Royal Bank of Scotland was down 4.2%, Barclays PLC was down 2.8%.

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