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By John Glover

December 1, 2017 at 5:00 AM UTC

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December 1, 2017 at 1:30 PM UTC

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As far as Brexit headaches go, Barclays Plc’s John McFarlane says that while his bank is on top of job relocations, he’s more concerned about rewriting “hundreds of thousands” of contracts.