The main story in British equities last week was the decision in Oman to support the merger of HSBC with Oman International Bank.  This helped lift financials on the day, keeping the index near its monthly highs.

Park Holidays is valued at 172 million euros, which has been funded for 88 million of equity from Caledonia, and 90 million from bank debt, provided by Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Lloyds Bank, Barclays, and Santander.

The Attorney General's letter is being sent to the following banks in Orange County: Citizens Bank, NA, Empire State Bank, HSBC Bank USA, NA, Keybank NA, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co., NBT Bank, Orange County Trust Co., The Berkshire Bank, Walden

This will likely continue today in the UK, as there are no major macro releases but we will see corporate earnings from HSBC, Pearson, Cookson Group and Bovis Homes. 

The current participants in the fixing are Barclays, HSBC, Scotia-Mocatta, and Societe Generale.  In addition, there is evidence that this "paper" gold price has been manipulated downward.

He said many banks are involved, including HSBC and Hang Seng Bank, and so are fund houses. Similar arrangements can be made between businesspeople in the two places at a commission of 1.5 percent.

Osea Kolinisau scores his second try as Fiji steam-roll Wales in the second half of the Cup Final of the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on Sunday March 24.

Remember to check hours before going: Bank of America - Closed Wells Fargo - Open Chase - Open Citibank - Closed US Bank - Closed Capital One - Closed TD Bank - Open HSBC - Closed PNC Bank - Closed, except for supermarket branches SunTrust - Closed, except

HSBC: Closes at 3 p.m. on New Year's Eve but closed New Year's Day. Open Jan. 2. PNC Bank: Closes at 4 p.m. on New Year's Eve but closed New Year's Day. Open Jan. 2. SunTrust: Closed on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

HSBC: Closes at 3 p.m. on New Year's Eve but closed New Year's Day. Open Jan. 2. PNC Bank: Closes at 4 p.m. on New Year's Eve but closed New Year's Day. Open Jan. 2. SunTrust: Closed on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Hong Kong beat arch rivals Japan 24-14 in the final of the third leg of the HSBC Asian Sevens Series in Mumbai 7’s at a rather soggy Bombay Gymkhana Club on Sunday Oct 13 to keep their hopes alive heading into the Asia Championships.

AIG, Barclays, Credit Suisse, HSBC, JPMorgan, Lloyds, and Wachovia have each settled two cases. Some of these banks, despite agreeing to settle a single "case," admitted conduct ranging over multiple operations over many years.

Yesterday, the HSBC manufacturing PMI report (which generally differs from the official numbers reported by the government) showed a slight rise in productivity to 48.8 (after printing 48.7 for the previous month) but even with this higher reading, the

Vote and comment [tok id=58a17425c89a81120dc514bd0da93d61 partner=1966] “The foreclosure debacle involving the largest mortgage servicers, the London Whale incident at JPMorgan Chase, the money-laundering probe into HSBC—all of this has only accentuated

Both the official PMI and the HSBC manufacturing PMI reported declines in employment. "PMI data show China's labor market is weakening," said Bill Adam, senior international economist for PNC Financial Services.

For many years, international banks like HSBC, Barclays, and Lloyds provided foreign investors with loan facilities in a number of countries.

“It means that fixed asset investment has slowed down for a further step,” said Qu Hongbin, chief China economist and co-head of Asia Economics at HSBC, who gave an analysis on Weibo. 

HONG KONG—Sunday morning (March 29, 2015) at the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens begins gently. The crowd is quiet and still dreamy from festivities the night before. The South Stand barely a quarter full.

HSBC compared the total value of residential housing to total GDP and found that China has surpassed the level Japan saw before its stock and real estate markets collapsed in 1990.

The London-based banks HSBC and Standard Chartered have been forced to shut bank branches in Hong Kong as the territory's political unrest spills into the financial markets. 

Here’s the banks that are open or closed, and remember to check hours before going: Bank of America - Closed Wells Fargo - Open Chase - Open Citibank - Closed US Bank - Closed Capital One - Closed TD Bank - Open HSBC - Closed PNC Bank - Closed, except

HSBC: Closes at 3 p.m. on New Year's Eve but closed New Year's Day. Open Jan. 2. PNC Bank: Closes at 4 p.m. on New Year's Eve but closed New Year's Day. Open Jan. 2. SunTrust: Closed on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

According to HSBC, the Chinese regime understands this problem. The analysts said it is trying to reduce excess investment without harming growth.

Being uncomfortable with holding purely financial gold in the form of futures and Exchange-traded Funds, University of Texas actually took delivery of the gold bars in 2011 and warehoused it with HSBC Bank in New York.  

In winning last week's WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai the Bubba act showed legs in winning a significant event internationally for the first time and quite possibly providing a road map for what lies ahead in 2015. 

Japan wrapped up their final match of the HSBC Asia Five Nations 2013 series with another top performance, beating the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 93-3 at the Sevens Stadium, Dubai, last Friday May 10.

Round 7 of the HSBC World Series in Japan on April 4-5, provided upsets and hope, for the teams going on to the final events in May. (Glasgow, 9th-10th, and London 16th-17th). Fiji left Hong Kong victorious.

CHINA FACTORIES: In other trading on Tuesday, shares in Shanghai made gains after a HSBC report on manufacturing showed a contraction for the first time in seven months.

Analysts from HSBC call the restructuring "a (small) step in the right direction." They say it will save 2 percent of total costs and increase 2014 earnings per share by 6 percent.

Stopping the Kiwi juggernaut must have given South Africa immense satisfaction particularly after South Africa tailed off rather badly towards the end of the 2013-14 HSBC International Sevens.