2014年巴克莱银行将裁员1.4万_财经新闻

2014年巴克莱银行将裁员1.4万

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Barclays is to cut 14,000 jobs this year - half of them in the UK - as part of a new strategy, the bank has said.

作为新战略之一，巴克莱银行今年将裁员14000人，半数位于英国。

The number is higher than the 10,000 to 12,000 jobs that the bank said earlier this year that it wanted to cut.

The investment bank, which has been hit by a slowdown in the demand for government and company debt, will lose about 7,000 jobs by 2016.

In total, there will 19,000 jobs lost at Barclays by 2016, with about 10,000 to go in the UK.

Barclays will also set up a "bad bank" which will eventually sell or run down £115bn of non-core operations.

These include £90bn of investment bank assets and all of its European retail¹ banking² operations, amounting to £16bn of assets.

The carve-up will give greater prominence³ to Barclays' retail operations in the UK, its Barclaycard credit card arm and its African business.

"This is a bold simplification of Barclays," said chief executive Antony Jenkins.

"We will be a focused international bank, operating only in areas where we have capability⁴, scale and competitive advantage."

At the investment bank, 2,000 jobs will go this year, with another 5,000 positions being lost by 2016.

In the first quarter of this year, Barclay's investment banking business was hit by a 28% slump⁵ in revenue.

Revenue from trading in currencies, bonds and commodities dropped 41% to £1.23bn.

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1 retail
v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格
参考例句：
In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。 These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 banking
n.银行业，银行学，金融业
参考例句：
John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。 He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

3 prominence
n.突出；显著；杰出；重要
参考例句：
He came to prominence during the World Cup in Italy.他在意大利的世界杯赛中声名鹊起。 This young fashion designer is rising to prominence.这位年轻的时装设计师的声望越来越高。

4 capability
n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等
参考例句：
She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。 Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

5 slump
n.暴跌，意气消沉，（土地）下沉；vi.猛然掉落，坍塌，大幅度下跌
参考例句：
She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。 Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。