HSBC Q3 profits up five-fold to $4.6 bn on booming Asia

Profits at banking giant HSBC leapt five fold in the third quarter to $4.6 billion … Shares were up 0.7 percent at HK$77.65 ($9.95) in early afternoon trading. Gulliver said the bank had “maintained good momentum in the third quarter”, with higher …
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