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HSBC profits plunge hits Hang Seng Index

A damaging earnings report from Europe's largest bank HSBC, also damaging performance in Hong Kong's benchmark index on Tuesday (February 24). HSBC is one of the most heavily weighted stocks in the Feb 24, 2015
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How many times can HSBC say sorry?

Can it get any worse for HSBC? On this evidence probably not. Europe's biggest bank reporting a 17 percent drop in annual profit as a tax evasion scandal at its private banking business in Feb 23, 2015
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Clashes in Hebron

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: Dozens of Palestinians protesters clashed on Friday (February 20) with Israeli security forces near the main gate of Shuhada street in the West Bank city of Feb 20, 2015
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Govt launches eBiz portal to improve Indias rank on ease of doing business index

New Delhi, Feb 20 (ANI): In a bid to improve Indias ranking on ease of doing business index, central government launched a business portal in New Delhi. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched the single window government-to-business (G2B) portal, www.ebiz.gov.in, for 11 central government services. He said that an ideal country is the one where businessmen do not have to visit the corridors of power to get their work done. Jaitley hoped that the eBiz portal would improve Indias ranking on ease of doing business index. Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, World Bank Country Director Onno Ruhl and Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha were amongst the delegates present at the event. Feb 20, 2015
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HSBC Swiss office raided

This won't be the most dramatic raid on a bank you'll ever see - but the implications of it could be enormous. Geneva's public prosector, Yves Bertossa, making his way to the lakeside offices of HSBC Feb 18, 2015
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Asia Week Ahead: HSBC results after the holiday

(SOUNDBITE) (English) REUTERS REPORTER, PAMELA AMBLER, SAYING: "Here's what to expect on the day the markets re-open after the holiday- Monday, February 23rd." The Bank of Japan will issue minutes Feb 18, 2015
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S&P chalks up yet another record

You'd think the collapse of the Greek debt talks would deter investors from buying stocks. But it didn't. The S&P 500 rose to another all-time high as the Dow neared its record high. U.S. Bank senior Feb 18, 2015