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...A recent Merrill Lynch note found that Barclays’ earnings per share would have been some 10 per cent higher today without the Woolwich deal....
...Six years on, Deanna Oppenheimer’s shake-up of the retail bank has exposed how little work has been done in integrating Woolwich and its 373 branches....
...The shake-up will mark the first big moves by Deanna Oppenheimer, the high-flying American brought in from Washington Mutual to turn round the sluggish retail bank....
...John Paul Crutchley, analyst at Merrill Lynch says the new chairmen may want to address why banks shares have underperformed....
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