But an eventual divestment of those operations looks unlikely since it seems to have been ABN Amro's overseas assets that attracted Barclays in the first place.
It is cutting about 3,000 jobs, which — combined with another 5,600 employees who are being let go through the divestment or outsourcing of operations — account for about 40percentt of its overall work force, Mats Loennqvist, the chief financial officer, said during a conference call.
"The divestment of Tiscali's U.K. operations to BSkyB seems a done deal," he said, but interest in Tiscali's Italian operations from Telecom Italia, the country's largest phone company, appeared to be waning and there were no other key players in the picture.
The deal fits well with Anglo's long-running simplification, which has brought $3.3 billion of divestments recently in operations like zinc mining.
Noam Chomsky, a prominent supporter of the Palestinian cause, has said that he supports the "boycott and divestment of firms that are carrying out operations in the occupied territories" but that a general boycott of Israel is "a gift to Israeli hardliners and their American supporters".
Improving efficiencies of operations.
Partial divestment of BBC Worldwide might not suffice.
The divestment of the bank's mergers and acquisitions business was earlier reported by Reuters.
The divestment of Nan Shan has been beset with political and regulatory concerns.
The divestment of Nan Shan Life has been plagued by political and regulatory concerns.
Divestment of fossil fuel stocks would hurt, not help efforts to address global climate change.
