In Britain, the deputy governor of the Bank of England and the chairman of Barclays were hauled over the coals this week by a parliamentary committee.

在英国，英格兰银行的副总以及巴克莱的董事长本周受到了国会委员会的谴责。

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Britain's Barclays bank was publicly embarrassed in January when a British lawmaker quizzing its boss, Bob Diamond, asked him how many subsidiaries it had in the Isle of Man, Jersey and the Caymans.

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The other is when a top banker quits after some expensive fiasco the resignation of Martin Taylor as chief executive of Britain's Barclays Bank was only the latest in a series of desk-clearings by bank bosses (see article).

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On the short list of likely bidders for the 158-year-old investment bank are Britain's Barclays, France's BNP Paribas, Germany's Deutsche Bank and Charlotte, N.

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