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Barclays sells iShares

BY MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009 11:50AM

Barclays has sold the firm's exchange traded fund (ETF) iShares business to Blue Sparkle, a partnership established by CVC Capital Partners, for just over $6 billion.

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