HSBC flash PMI at 4-mth high of 49.7 vs 48.8 in Jan * New export orders slump, index at 8-month low * Further policy easing seen to support growth * Heightens worries over euro area demand By Nick Edwards BEIJING, Feb 22 (Reuters) - China's new export ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/22/china-pmi-hsbc-idUSL4E8DM0NX20120222

Arjuna Mahendran, the managing director, Head Investment Strategy Asia, HSBC Private Bank tells CNBC-TV18, he expects the European Central Bank (ECB) to infuse 400 billion to 1 trillion euro via a second Long Term Refinancing Operation (LTRO) on ...

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/fii-view/europe-has-ring-fenced-greece-for-now-hsbc-private-bank_671238.html

LONDON Feb 19 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings , Europe's biggest bank, is considering walking away from British finance minister George Osborne's plans to inject 20 billion pounds ($31.6 billion) into the UK economy, according to a report in The Sunday ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/19/ukcrediteasing-idUSL5E8DJ0AI20120219

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The Income Tax department is mulling to initiate prosecution action for concealment of income against those black money hoarders whose names have allegedly figured in the classified list of account holders in HSBC bank Geneva.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/I-T-dept-to-initiate-prosecution-action-in-HSBC-Geneva-cases/articleshow/11948065.cms

By Michael Regan The Tonawanda News — — The HSBC branch on Main Street in the City of Tonawanda will close as the First Niagara Financial Group moves toward a pending acquisition of it in May. The bank made an announcement on Friday that the location ...

http://tonawanda-news.com/local/x1457643853/City-HSBC-branch-to-close

Among the banks that might be downgraded by two notches are Barclays, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, HSBC Holdings and Goldman Sachs. Bank of America and Nomura were included in those that might be downgraded by one notch.

http://www.todayonline.com/Business/EDC120217-0000078/Barclays,-HSBC,-BNP-Paribas-and-14-others-face-Moodys-downgrade

16 (Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co., Deutsche Bank AG and HSBC Holdings Plc are among at least seven firms accused by another bank of participating in a conspiracy to manipulate the price of derivatives worldwide for more than three years.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-16/jpmorgan-hsbc-deutsche-bank-bofa-citigroup-in-court-news.html

15 (Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co., Deutsche Bank AG and HSBC Holdings Plc are among at least seven firms accused by another bank of participating in a conspiracy to manipulate the price of derivatives worldwide for more than three years.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-15/jpmorgan-hsbc-implicated-by-informant-bank-in-canada-libor-case.html

By Sarah Krouse Of FINANCIAL NEWS HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC), which topped the league table for dim sum bond underwriters last year, is in the early stages of a project to consider London's potential as an offshore renminbi trading hub and has appointed ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120213-709185.html

HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd has so far been spared any "significant" slice and dice from the global banking giant's group-wide business restructuring, which began about a year ago. In fact, HSBC Malaysia has actually benefitted from further investment as it ...

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By Geoff Ho HSBC is expected to pay chief executive Stuart Gulliver up to £12.5 million in salary, bonuses and incentive shares for the past year. The banking giant is set to reveal the bumper remuneration package when it presents its preliminary ...

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/301668/HSBC-boss-Gulliver-in-line-for-12-5m-pay

10 (Bloomberg) -- A European-wide financial transaction tax may wipe off as much as 10 percent from equity valuations and offset the benefits to the region's economy of governments raising money, according to HSBC Holdings Inc. The proposed tax “does ...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-10/europe-trading-tax-may-wipe-10-from-stocks-value-hsbc-says.html

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HONG KONG/LONDON Feb 8 (Reuters) - France's AXA and US insurer ACE are the final two suitors in the hunt to buy HSBC's $1 billion general insurance business, people familiar with the matter said. HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, started the sale of the ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/08/hsbc-insurance-sale-idUSL5E8D894B20120208

Enlarge image Discount of 50% to Emerging Markets Lures HSBC Discount of 50% to Emerging Markets Lures HSBC Rusal via Bloomberg An employee pours molten aluminum at United Company Rusal's Bogoslovsky aluminum smelter, Russia. Enlarge image Discount of ...

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The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union (HKRFU) men's national sevens squad will use this weekend's Bangkok Sevens as a build-up for its showcase competition, the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens. HKRFU Head of Performance and Coaching and National ...

http://www.asiatraveltips.com/news12/72-BangkokSevens.shtml

HSBC has announced a new deal on mortgages that could help first-time buyers get a foot on the property ladder. There will be no fees to pay on HSBC's tracker mortgages as part of its annual January sale, the bank has announced.

http://www.myfinances.co.uk/mortgages/2012/02/05/hsbc-launch-new-mortgages-for-first-time-buyers

But Blaenavon took a big step backwards last week when HSBC refused to change a decision taken last month to close its branch – the last bank in town – in May, leaving people and traders in Blaenavon with a round trip of at least 12 miles to do their ...

http://thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2096421/HSBCs-closure-bank-town-choke-investment-Blaenavon.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that HSBC Holdings Plc. (HBC) is planning to shift its US fund administration division to Ireland. The primary reason behind this move is to control costs and reorganize the company's businesses.

http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/69092/HSBC+to+Move+US+Fund+Unit+to+Dublin

The HSBC China Services PMI, which provides a snapshot of conditions in businesses from restaurants to banks, stood at 52.5 for a third straight month in January, signalling steady but sluggish expansion. "Service sector activity kept a steady ...

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/hsbc-china-services-pmi-steady-at-52-5-in-january/articleshow/11737680.cms

By Crystal Hsu / Staff Reporter The HSBC manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) for Taiwan edged up to 48.9 points last month, suggesting the nation's business conditions were in contraction for the eighth consecutive month, a report by the ...

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2012/02/02/2003524427

BEIJING (Dow Jones)--The final HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index, a gauge of nationwide manufacturing activity, rose slightly to 48.8 in January compared with 48.7 in December, HSBC Holdings PLC said Wednesday.

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120131-722288.html

31 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Bloxham, chief economist for HSBC Holdings Plc in Sydney and a former Reserve Bank of Australia official, talks about the nation's economy and central bank monetary policy. Australian business confidence rose in December to the ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/hsbcs-bloxham-expects-rba-to-cut-rates-in-next-meeting/2012/01/30/gIQAq8AkdQ_video.html

Contributor Network 4 minutes ago What happened to Tiger Woods at the final round of the HSBC Abu Dhabi Championship? Through three rounds of golf Tiger was looking like his old self, tied for the lead at -11 overall with a solid all-around game.

http://sports.yahoo.com/pga/news?slug=ycn-10901957

Tiger Woods' record with a 54-hole lead bears repeating if for no other reason than to point out just how often he put himself in the position he's in now at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. His conversion rate is second to only that of a place-kicker, ...

http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/7513064/tiger-woods-swing-set-face-stern-test-abu-dhabi-hsbc-championship