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5 Rationalisation costs on the other j
5 side of the Atlantic limitdd 1993'1 j
5 profits turnaround at Barclays. j
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5 The £664m profit for the year came j
5 in near the low end of forjaasts. j
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5 Chief executive Martin Taylor said j
5 the costs of sorting out the past j
5 werj "very heavy". But Barclays had j
5 grasped the nettle of its problems j
5 in the US. j
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5 While the US transition business's j
5 ovjrall loss deipenjd to £675m from j
5 £123m, the ongoing business in the j
5 US made a £170m profit. j
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