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Oct, 22 The price of the oil basket (OPEC) fell to $60 a barrel.

Oct, 17 World oil prices fell below $70 a barrel.

Oct, 6 The capitalization of the world stock exchanges fell by 2.5 trillion dollars.


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HSBCHSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. HSBC's international network comprises around 10,000 offices in 82 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With listings on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges, shares in HSBC Holdings plc are held by around 200,000 shareholders in over 100 countries and territories. The shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depositary Receipts.

Through an international network linked by advanced technology, including a rapidly growing e-commerce capability, HSBC provides a comprehensive range of financial services: personal financial services; commercial banking; corporate, investment banking and markets; private banking; and other activities.

Headquarters:London, UK
Address:8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ
Phone:(440) 20-7991-8888
Website:www.hsbcgroup.com
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Business and Financial News

Citigroup will sell Citibank Privatkunden AG for $7.7bn - 06.12.2008
Banking giant Citigroup Inc. says it will sell its German retail banking operation and some of its affiliates to France's Credit Mutuel, in $7.7 billion cash deal.
 
Repartition of the Global Banking System is inevitable - 05.12.2008
The financial crisis continues to storm in the global markets. This time the main victim of crisis is a banking system developed and developing countries. And experts notice, that the global banking system will undergo huge changes by 2012.
 
US government puts up $300bn in Citigroup rescue - 25.11.2008
The US government pulled Citigroup back from the abyss yesterday with a comprehensive bail-out that saw taxpayers guaranteeing $306bn of risky assets and injecting $20bn of capital into the banking group.
 
HSBC cuts 450 jobs in Hong Kong - 18.11.2008
HSBC was laying off 500 people in Asia, 90 percent of them in Hong Kong, in a further indication that the Asian financial community, so far relatively unscathed by mass layoffs seen on Wall Street, is being affected by the global financial crisis.

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