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      <title>Libor scandal: Barclay's Ex-boss gives up Â£20m bonus</title>
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      <description>&lt;div id="_mcePaste"&gt;&lt;img class="bd1 bdstand align-left" title="bob_diamond-gi" src="http://www.aaj.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bob_diamond-gi.jpg" alt="Libor scandal: Bob Diamond gives up Â£20m bonus " width="291" height="169" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt;"&gt;Bob Diamond refuses to quit as Barclay's chief after resignation of chairman over Libor interest rate fiddle,"Â 'I am disappointed it happened on my watch and I'll stop it happening again".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Marcus Agius,Â Barclay'sÂ ex-chairman said,"Bob Diamond voluntarily gives up on a bonus of Â£20mÂ sterlingÂ any deferred consideration and any deferred bonuses to which he would otherwise have been entitled."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;However,Â Mr Diamond will get up to a year's salary, pension allowance and benefits believed to be worth Â£1m to Â£2m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Last week, Diamond told MPs he had spoken in October 2008 to Mr Tucker, who had expressed concerns about the high level of Libor - the rate at which banks lend to one another and which is the basis for millions of daily financial transactions - being submitted by Barclays.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Earlier this monthÂ ChairmanÂ Barclays Marcus Agius andÂ LaborÂ leader Ed Miliband who allegedly resigned over Libor rate scandal, calls on chief executive Bob Diamond to resign too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Barclay'sÂ chief executiveÂ Bob DiamondÂ disregardfully refused to quit today but admitted he was 'disappointed' that the Libor interest rate fixing scandal took place while he was in charge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Whereas Marcus AgiusÂ ChairmanÂ Barclay'sÂ who resigned earlier but is now staying to find Diamond'sÂ successor, is presenting before MP's over the Libor rate scandal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste"><img class="bd1 bdstand align-left" title="bob_diamond-gi" src="http://www.aaj.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bob_diamond-gi.jpg" alt="Libor scandal: Bob Diamond gives up Â£20m bonus " width="291" height="169" /><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt;">Bob Diamond refuses to quit as Barclay's chief after resignation of chairman over Libor interest rate fiddle,"Â 'I am disappointed it happened on my watch and I'll stop it happening again".</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">Marcus Agius,Â Barclay'sÂ ex-chairman said,"Bob Diamond voluntarily gives up on a bonus of Â£20mÂ sterlingÂ any deferred consideration and any deferred bonuses to which he would otherwise have been entitled."</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">However,Â Mr Diamond will get up to a year's salary, pension allowance and benefits believed to be worth Â£1m to Â£2m.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">Last week, Diamond told MPs he had spoken in October 2008 to Mr Tucker, who had expressed concerns about the high level of Libor - the rate at which banks lend to one another and which is the basis for millions of daily financial transactions - being submitted by Barclays.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">Earlier this monthÂ ChairmanÂ Barclays Marcus Agius andÂ LaborÂ leader Ed Miliband who allegedly resigned over Libor rate scandal, calls on chief executive Bob Diamond to resign too.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">Barclay'sÂ chief executiveÂ Bob DiamondÂ disregardfully refused to quit today but admitted he was 'disappointed' that the Libor interest rate fixing scandal took place while he was in charge.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">Whereas Marcus AgiusÂ ChairmanÂ Barclay'sÂ who resigned earlier but is now staying to find Diamond'sÂ successor, is presenting before MP's over the Libor rate scandal.</span></p>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:57:28 +0500</pubDate>
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