Barclays Q3 profits boosted by investment bank <!-- no image --> <div>Britain's Barclays reported better than expected third quarter profits on Friday, buoyed by a strong trading performance at its under-pressure investment bank, but warned of tougher times ahead as the global economy softens.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=PbcFG6S4bk8:cXbZvJUA_kI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=PbcFG6S4bk8:cXbZvJUA_kI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=PbcFG6S4bk8:cXbZvJUA_kI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=PbcFG6S4bk8:cXbZvJUA_kI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=PbcFG6S4bk8:cXbZvJUA_kI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/PbcFG6S4bk8" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters