en-us Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:56:06 -0800 HBC HBC Reuters UK) - Britain's top two banks, HSBC and Barclays, signalled bad debts may be past their peak, with HSBC declaring on Tuesday the first improvement for three years in losses on U.S. consumer credit.Strong investment banking underpinned profits for both banks, although Barclays...]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:46:24 -0800 BCS HBC BCS,HBC Reuters) - Britain's top two banks, HSBC HSBA and Barclays BARC, signaled bad debts may be past their peak, with HSBC declaring on Tuesday the first improvement for three years in losses on U.S. consumer credit.Strong investment banking underpinned profits for both banks, although...]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:45:21 -0800 BCS GS HBC JPM BCS,GS,HBC,JPM Reuters) - Britain's top two banks, HSBC and Barclays, signaled bad debts may be past their peak, with HSBC declaring on Tuesday the first drop in U.S. consumer finance impairments for three years. Strong investment banking underpinned profits for both banks, although Barclays...]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:24:54 -0800 BCS HBC BCS,HBC Reuters) - Europe's biggest bank HSBC Holdings Plc HSBA said its underlying third-quarter profits were significantly ahead of a year ago and losses on U.S. consumer loans had shown their first fall in three years.The news sent HSBC stock up over 4 percent to...]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:30:16 -0800 HBC HBC Reuters UK) - Europe's biggest bank HSBC Holdings Plc said its underlying third-quarter profits were significantly ahead of a year ago and losses on U.S. consumer loans had shown their first fall in three years.The news sent HSBC stock up over 4 percent to...]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:15:48 -0800 HBC HBC Reuters UK) - Europe's biggest bank HSBC Holdings is cutting over 1,700 jobs in Britain, adding to thousands of cuts across the industry in the last year as pressure builds to reduce costs.HSBC said 1,726 jobs are being cut, mostly due to a restructuring of branch network management and...]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:47:29 -0800 HBC HBC Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:06:14 -0700 IRE CPYY Y HBC SBP IRE,CPYY Y,HBC,SBP Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:07:40 -0700 HBC HBC Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:11:22 -0700 HBC HBC