I spoke to someone on the weekend who says that BarCap have a deal that is 90% complete. To this I will add a number of caveats Just because the work is 90% done doesn't mean the deal is going to go through, many M&A deals fail at the last post He didn't know if it was the only deal on the table He wouldn't tell me who was involved I don't believe he has any reason to lie to me about it and I believe him, but you can take it as face value I know there's not much information in here, but hopefuly it gives everyone a sense that stuff is happening. Better than nothing happening anyway.