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HSBC PLC leads the list of top losers so far today and is now at $76.87, down $2.44 (-3.08%) on volume of 1,013,233 shares traded. Part of the problem for HSBC comes from the IMF, which said subprime issues will continue and may actually get worse. HSBC became of of the leading subprime […]
August 20th, 2008 | Posted in 2007 HSBC | No Comments
In February 2008 Niall Booker became Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Finance Corporation. He will also succeed Brendan McDonagh as Chief Operating Officer of HSBC North America. In March 2007 HSBC Holdings appointed experienced and long-serving banker Niall Booker as chief operating officer, according to a company statement. Is Booker experienced in consumer […]
August 12th, 2008 | Posted in 2007 HSBC | No Comments
HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe’s biggest bank by market value, may report its sharpest decline in profit since 2001 as costs for bad U.S. loans increased. Another fine job by HSBC in the United States while helping to ruin the U.S. economy, devastate inner cities and destroying confidence in subprime markets around the world. HSBC, […]
August 1st, 2008 | Posted in 2007 HSBC | 1 Comment
Other banks and investment banks looked for foreign capital and losses continued. In some cases it was a further erosion of American companies. HSBC plc is the same, although as a global bank it is easier to disguise. HSBC needs money. HSBC Holdings has met with China Investment Corp (CIC), China’s […]
July 21st, 2008 | Posted in 2007 HSBC | No Comments
On the legal front it appears as though HSBC USA and HSBC North America Holdings have some explaining to do. In a recent court document it was discovered that the are actual two additional holding companies as part of HSBC in the United States. Why is that?
There are actually two additional US holding […]
July 14th, 2008 | Posted in 2007 HSBC | No Comments
The Philippine peso may slide 14 percent against the dollar to a three-year low by June 2009 as the nation’s trade deficit widens and foreign investors shun local assets, according to HSBC Holdings Plc. It is not good news for workers. HSBC Philippines is not just a call center. HSBC Philippines is […]
June 24th, 2008 | Posted in 2007 HSBC | No Comments
Recently we received complaints about many merchant credit cards managed by HSBC. In fact we receive reports weekly, but we wonder about HSBC Finance and the HSBC technology. One customer said “I went on line two days before my bill was due to pay it and was told that I had to pay […]
June 2nd, 2008 | Posted in 2007 HSBC | No Comments
Analysts say that HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC) will again show large losses in the U.S., although these should be absorbed by stellar performance in Asia. Stellar, absolutely stellar. Except in the United States. As gasoline prices set an all-time record high many customers of HSBC Finance are finding it difficult to […]
May 9th, 2008 | Posted in 2007 HSBC | 1 Comment
The theory is to snowball the court with fluff, chatter, a mountain of documents, and very boring testimony. Such was the case when HSBC and Decisioning tried to convince the court that Macy’s / Federated department stores held invalid patents. The appeals court saw it differently. The U.S. Court of Appeals […]
May 7th, 2008 | Posted in 2007 HSBC | No Comments
HSBC Holdings Plc’s rescue of its Asscher Finance Ltd. structured investment vehicle will mean 70 percent losses for bondholders including a Spanish unit of Credit Suisse Group. London-based HSBC is restructuring Asscher to prevent it from having to sell assets at fire sale prices to repay maturing debt. Asscher has $5.9 billion of debt […]
February 28th, 2008 | Posted in 2007 HSBC | No Comments