HSBC urged to make Green non-exec chairman: paper
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Activist investor Knight Vinke is calling for HSBC Holdings  Executive Chairman Stephen Green to be moved to non-executive chairman as part of a campaign to force change at the bank, the Sunday Times reported.
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Business & money: Â· RBS and ABN reputations at stake over environment  Â· Russians ignore green concerns, say campaigners
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Science & environment: Green groups urge government not to scrap key local authority policy that has been credited with boosting the use of renewable energy.
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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad urged countries and companies Monday to curb their reliance on the US dollar and increase their holdings in the euro and the yen.
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A report calling for more building on green belt land in England is criticised by environmental groups.
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Former Hewlett-Packard Co.  Chairwoman Patricia Dunn has stepped down as nonexecutive vice chairman at Barclays Global Investors , the global asset management firm said on Friday.
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Global banking giant HSBC donated 50 million pounds (73.5 million euros, 98.8 million dollars) Wednesday to set up a &quot;green task force&quot; to tackle climate change worldwide.
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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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BusinessWeek Online - In a sign of how much U.S. investment banks are now part of the British Establishment, the London headquarters of Goldman Sachs  is much sought after as a political venue. Prime Minister Tony Blair addressed a packed house of Goldman bankers and clients earlier this year. On Oct. 28, the firm extended the favor to Michael Howard, leader of the opposition Conservatives, who by all appearances has already launched his campaign for Prime Minister.
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HSBC  (0005.HK) is not  considering acquisitions in Japan and will instead focus on  growth by itself as it rolls out retail banking in the world&#39;s  second-largest economy, HSBC Chairman Stephen Green said on  Thursday.
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BEING environmentally-conscious is no longer an option for developers.  According to Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) president Ng Seing Liang, it's a must if developers want to maintain a competitive edge.
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Renewable energy will not provide the &quot;silver bullet&quot; that will fulfill the world&#39;s energy needs, and greater focus must be placed on energy efficiency, Shell&#39;s chief executive wrote in a comment piece published Monday.
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Metropolitan Life Global Funding has mandated HSBC, Deutsche Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland to lead-manage its forthcoming sterling-denominated bond issue, one of the lead managers said Thursday.
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General Electric Co.  on Tuesday  urged shareholders to approve a plan for directors in  uncontested elections to be approved by a majority vote, but  opposed a proposal requiring separation of the chairman and  chief executive roles.
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By Duff, Amy  The chief executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry speaks to Amy Duff  IN JULY, THE chief executives of the "big four" supermarkets were summoned by Defra minister David Miliband and instructed to put their weight behind environmentally-friendly initiatives.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Friday for the World Bank to assume an environmental role capable of taking on the global challenges posed by climate change.
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Shares of HSBC Holdings  fell more than 2 percent in Hong Kong on Thursday, after the British lender announced a larger-than-expected 2006 bad debt charge.