Barclays says shutting US mortgage lender EquiFirst
(AFP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fafp%2F20090217%2Fcapt.photo_1234894486871-1-0.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Barclays bank logo in central London in 2008. British bank Barclays said Tuesday that it has closed US subprime mortgage lending unit EquiFirst Corp. with immediate effect, citing current market conditions.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090217/bs_afp/britainusbankingstructurecompanybarclaysequifirst)AFP - British bank Barclays said Tuesday that it has closed US subprime mortgage lending unit EquiFirst Corp. with immediate effect, citing current market conditions.</p><br clear="all"/>
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