One Churchill Place skyscraper, the Barclays Plc headquarters, at Canary Wharf in London, U.K., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021.British lender Barclays reported a profit on Wednesday as it announced a surprise £500 million ($667 million) share buyback."We have been robustly and consistently generating capital for our shareholders consecutively over the last nine quarters," CEO C. S. Venkatakrishnan said in a statement. "Consequently, we have decided to bring forward a portion of our full-year distribution plans, ...