HSBC poised to sell French branches: reports
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HSBC  is poised to put hundreds  of its French regional retail branches up for sale, a further  sign the bank is shifting its focus to emerging markets,  according to media reports on Sunday.
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New York-based credit card and travel services company American Express Co  is expected to sell its private banking business within weeks, said a source familiar with the matter.
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HSBC cash machines will warn customers if a withdrawal will take them over their overdraft limit, the bank says.
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HSBC Holdings, the European bank, said it would buy part of an office tower in Shanghai to house its China headquarters as it speeds up expansion in China. HSBC agreed to buy naming rights and occupy 20 floors of one of the twin towers of the Shanghai International Finance Center, to be completed by 2010, from Sun Hung Kai Properties, HSBC said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The tower, a few blocks from the bankâs current headquarters, would be renamed HSBC Building-Shanghai IFC. Stephen K. Green, the chairman of HSBC, disclosed the deal at a news conference in Shanghai, but he declined to say how much the bank had agreed to pay.
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HSBC Holdings Plc has contacted Lone Star about buying Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) from the U.S. private equity fund, the UK's Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday.
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LONDON -- HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's largest bank by market value, reported Monday that profit rose 5 percent in 2006 despite losses in its mortgage operation in the United States that led to the removal of two senior executives.
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BNP Paribas , France's biggest listed bank, said on Wednesday it expected fourth quarter profits to be lower than last year as rumors swirled that it may pounce on weakened rival Societe Generale .
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U.S. and European banks including Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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French equities look well placed to post tidy gains in 2005, with the benchmark CAC-40 index seen rising to around 4,100-4,200 points, bolstered by increased merger and acquisitions activity and attractive valuations, analysts said.
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Europe's biggest bank HSBC Holdings   beat analysts' median forecast with an 18 percent rise  in first-half profit on Monday, helped by a strong performance  at its investment bank and in emerging markets.
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The owners of the Northern Bank have confirmed for the first time that it may be on the market. The National Australia Bank has said it will consider selling its operations on both sides of the Irish border.
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The French government asked two banks, France&#39;s Societe Generale SA and the Netherlands&#39; ABN Amro Holding NV, to handle the sale of the Air France-KLM stake involving some 48 million shares, according to a Finance Ministry spokesperson.
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BNP Paribas , France's biggest listed bank, said on Wednesday it expected fourth quarter profits to be lower than a year earlier as rumors swirled that it may pounce on weakened rival Societe Generale .
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France warned foreign banks on  Tuesday not to try to grab control of Societe Generale  , as speculation of a takeover approach by rival BNP  Paribas  drove its shares more than 10 percent higher.
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New York-based credit card and travel services company American Express  is expected to sell its private banking business within weeks, said a source familiar with the matter.
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New York-based credit card and travel  services company American Express is expected to sell its  private banking business within weeks, said a source familiar  with the matter.
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC) has expressed an interest in the $3 billion store and credit card operations of Federated Department Stores Inc.