HSBC says to launch Taiwan insurance operation
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HSBC Holdings , Europe's biggest bank, said on Wednesday it will open an insurance business in Taiwan as it aims to tap into the fourth-biggest insurance market in Asia.
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US investment bank Goldman Sachs is preparing to launch a British division which will specialise in buying company pension schemes.
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HSBC Holdings PLC is being targeted by a high-profile U.S. activist investor group that wants to force a shake-up at Europe's biggest bank.
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TAIPEI/HONG KONG  - HSBC  will receive T$47.5 billion (US$1.5 billion) in Taiwan government funds and make a major cash infusion to rescue the failed Chinese Bank, in the latest Taiwan acquisition by a major foreign bank.
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World number one Lorena Ochoa will headline the inaugural $2 million HSBC Women's Champions tournament in Singapore next month, organizers said on Friday.
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TAIPEI/HONG KONG  - HSBC  will receive T$47.5 billion ($1.5 billion) in Taiwan government funds and make a major cash infusion to rescue the failed Chinese Bank, in the latest Taiwan acquisition by a major foreign bank.
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Global banking giant HSBC said Monday it had agreed to buy a majority stake in South Korea&#39;s Korea Exchange Bank from US private equity fund Lone Star for about 6.3 billion dollars (4.6 billion euros) in cash.
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SEOUL/LONDON  - HSBC  has agreed to buy a 51 percent stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB)  from U.S. private equity firm Lone Star for about $6.3 billion in cash to boost its profile in Asia's third-largest banking market.
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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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Chinese bank ICBC, the country's biggest lender, is poised to launch the world's largest share listing in October.
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Frank Hsieh, the candidate of Taiwan&#39;s ruling Democratic Progressive Party in next March&#39;s presidential election, pledged Tuesday to loosen regulations covering the transfer of Taiwanese technology to China.
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HSBC Holdings Plc  has contacted  Lone Star  about buying Korea Exchange Bank (KEB)  (004940.KS) from the U.S. private equity fund, the U.K.&#39;s Daily  Telegraph reported on Tuesday.
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Taiwan's president kicks off a nationwide torch relay to highlight the island's bid to join the United Nations.
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HSBC, the UK's largest bank, is funding a new $100m initiative to tackle global climate change.
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SEOUL: HSBC Holdings is expected to be named the preferred bidder to buy South Korea&#39;s eighth-largest lender Korea First Bank, a source at the Korean bank familiar with the deal said yesterday.
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HSBC   is not considering acquisitions in Japan and will instead focus on growth by itself as it rolls out retail banking in the world's second-largest economy, HSBC Chairman Stephen Green said on Thursday.
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HSBC Holdings Plc&#39;s  U.S.  subprime unit scheduled a management conference call with its  staff on Friday amid concern about layoffs and even a winding  down of operations, two employees at the unit said.