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Charles Schwab of the US is planning to launch a private client stockbroking business in the UK, as part of its international expansion programme. 12-Oct-2006 Charles Schwab is to sell its 50% stake in Scottish broker Aitken Campbell to TD Waterhouse, but will retain a UK presence by setting up a US dollar office in London later this year. 20-Mar-2003 Barclays has acquired the European retail stockbroking business of Charles Schwab for a nominal sum, which will result in the closure of offices in Birmingham and Milton Keynes. 03-Feb-2003 Charles Schwab is to shed up to 180 of its 850 UK staff, due to a fall in trading volumes in its stockbroking business. 06-Apr-2001 Charles Schwab is considering plans to install stockbroking counters in the 314 bank branches of Alliance & Leicester. 05-Feb-2001 TD Waterhouse is linking up with Charles Schwab to acquire Aitken Campbell, the Glasgow-based marketmaker, from Abbey National for £60m. 01-Feb-2001 Charles Schwab has confirmed plans to spend up to £10m opening a further 10 investor centres across the UK, in order to offer guidance on running share portfolios. 09-Nov-2000 Charles Schwab of the US is planning to set up a network of about 12 stockbroking branches in the UK, in order to provide account information and give share-dealing demonstrations. 07-Mar-2000 Charles Schwab is to set up a customer call centre in Milton Keynes with the creation of 450 jobs, in order to cope with the rapid growth in internet share dealing. 20-Jul-1999 Charles Schwab is launching an online dealing service in US shares in June, that will enable UK investors to use a new automated trading system for equities, traded options, bonds and offshore mutual funds. 17-May-1999 Charles Schwab is developing an instant share dealing service on the internet, giving UK investors direct access to its brokers. 20-Apr-1998 Charles Schwab has launched TouchTone Trader, which will allow investors to buy and sell shares using an automated telephone answering service. 18-Nov-1997 ShareLink, the private client stockbroker, is planning a major expansion into continental Europe and has renamed itself Charles Schwab Europe. 17-Oct-1997
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