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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More than half of business people in the Gulf Arab region polled by HSBC expect profits to grow by more than 5 percent in 2007, the bank said on Saturday.
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HSBC's  private banking business has been little hit by the ongoing credit crisis, the head of the bank's private banking business, Chris Meares, told a Swiss newspaper.
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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.
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HSBC Holdings, Europe&#39;s biggest bank by market value, said Monday that David Eldon would retire as chairman of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp.
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David Eldon will retire next year as chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. and the Hang Seng Bank, HSBC Group said Monday.
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Science & environment: Chief green advisers say fight against climate change will be hindered by government decision
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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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The former chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Sir Philip Watts, petitioned a British regulatory body for permission to challenge some of its findings on Shell&#39;s oil reserves scandal.
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Richard Lambert, recently appointed head of the Britain's main employers' body, the CBI, urged the country to be a world leader in new industries set to spring from development of 'green' energy.
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HSBC Holdings   has no plans to move its headquarters from Britain for tax reasons, it said on Friday.
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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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Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson said yesterday that he wants to move ahead this year with a plan that would allow dissatisfied shareholders to propose board candidates under limited conditions.
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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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The Royal Society, Britain's premier group of scientists, has written to the British arm of energy giant ExxonMobil, demanding the company withdraw support for groups that attempt to undermine the consensus relating to climate change, The Guardian reported.
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HSBC, the UK's largest bank, is backing a new $100m initiative to tackle global climate change.
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HSBC is to open 90 out of its 1500 branches on Tuesday, but unions warn that they will not allow staff to be compelled to give up their bank holiday.