Only about a third of Barclays’ activity is in Britain, partly thanks to its purchase of bits of Lehman Brothers in 2008.

巴克莱银行只有近三分之一的活动是在伦敦，部分原因是2008年其购买了莱曼兄弟的一些股份。

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Barclays vaulted into the big league of investment Banks when it bought the American operations of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, merging them with its own outfit, Barclays Capital.

2008年9月，巴克莱银行通过收购美国雷曼兄弟的美国业务，将其并入旗下的巴克莱资本(Barclays Capital)中，一举跃入了投行大联盟。

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Sources of Barclays said the British bank has pulled out of talks to buy parts of New York investment bank Lehman Brothers.

巴克利的资料提供者称不列颠银行已经推出了关于收购纽约雷曼兄弟投资银行部分业务的谈判。

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Barclays, which snapped up Lehman Brothers' American operations for a song, now boasts a 15% share of the Treasuries market, for instance.

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Only about a third of Barclays' activity is in Britain, partly thanks to its purchase of bits of Lehman Brothers in 2008.

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Jenkins takes over for Bob Diamond, whose years-long ascension to become Barclays chief got its crowning achievement with the bargain acquisition of a sizable chunk of Lehman Brothers after the U.S. investment bank failed in 2008.

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