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King Kong: Why Hong Kong is booming again

06.11.09
Hong Kong used to be the place to go to seek your fortune when you'd failed in the City. But now only the most successful Londoners can afford to brave the high-risk, high-rise island... more

Is the price right to sign up with E.On?

05.10.09
“There is not a clear message regarding future wholesale costs movements that can be communicated to customers” E.On’s Paul Golby obliquely commented recently, on the chances of a cut in retail prices for Britain’s households...... more

Wobbling investors told to hold their nerve amid slide

05.10.09
Stock market investors whose confidence shows signs of wobbling following a strong performance by shares during the third quarter, were offered some reassurance... more

The exodus of the rich begins

02.10.09
The friend dropped his bombshell. He was clearing off. He'd worked it out: soon he would be paying 50 per cent income tax as a high earner, the changes to personal allowances would add another 10 per cent and then there was VAT... more

HK flop increases doubts over move by HSBC chief

02.10.09
HSBC’s Michael Geoghegan may think the future of the financial world lies in Hong Kong rather than London, but another disastrous stock-market flotation there today could suggest otherwise ... more

HSBC boss quits UK to run the bank from Asia

25.09.09
The chief executive of HSBC quit London for Hong Kong in a devastating blow to the capital... more

HSBC can't afford to stay on the moral high ground

05.03.09
HSBC was the bank that rose above the domestic disasters that swamped its British rivals... more

Banks' uphill task to restore image

03.03.09
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US buy was blunder, says HSBC as it seeks £12.5bn

02.03.09
Banking: HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, admitted it should never have bought its American consumer-finance business, Household, as it launched the UK’s largest ever shareholder cash call... more

The fat cats and their bonus bonanza

21.01.09
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HSBC 'won't be bullied' into passing on cuts to customers

10.11.08
HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan said he would not be bullied by Government into immediately passing interest rate cuts on to mortgage customers... more

The bankers' banker who put safety first and came out ahead

22.10.08
Profile: Mike Geoghegan’s HSBC used to be seen as a plodder. But he didn’t get his knuckles rapped by ministers and it doesn’t need our money. Its rivals are still smarting... more

How dithering Darling failed to please bankers or the markets

07.10.08
When Chancellor Alastair Darling rose to address MPs on the financial crisis at 3.29 pm yesterday the FTSE 100 share index was a mere 200 points down... more

HSBC under fire over £120m bonus scheme for execs

30.05.08
HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, faced a barrage of criticism from shareholders at its annual meeting over its controversial bonus plan to pay its top executives up to £120 million... more

HSBC chief urges world rate rises to curb inflation

27.05.08
HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan today calls on central bankers around the world to raise interest rates to fight inflation... more

HSBC takes new £1.3bn hit from the credit crisis

12.05.08
But the bank said its profits for the first three months of this year were ahead of the same time last year... more

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