Mar.13 — Afsaneh Beschloss, chief executive officer of RockCreek and a former president at Carlyle Asset Management, discusses the Saudi Arabia-Russia oil-price war and its ramifications for the U.S. shale industry. She speaks along with Bob Diamond, Atlas Merchant Capital LLC co-founder and former Barclays Plc CEO, on Bloomberg Television’s “Wall Street Week” with David Westin.
In This Story: Barclays
Barclays plc is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services.
Stock tickers: (LSE: BARC, NYSE: BCS, FTSE 100 Component)
Barclays traces its origins to the goldsmith banking business established in the City of London in 1690.
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In This Story: Russia
Russia spans more than one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area, stretching eleven time zones, and bordering 16 sovereign nations. Moscow is the country’s capital.
The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 and since 1993 Russia been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Russia is a major great power, with the world’s second-most powerful military, and the fourth-highest military expenditure. As a recognised nuclear-weapon state, the country possesses the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.
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In This Story: Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia also has one of the world’s youngest populations, with approximately 50 percent of its population of 34.2 million being under 25 years old.