Banker Convicted of Hong Kong Murders — WSJ

Former Bank of America trader is sentenced to life for killing two women By Julie Steinberg in Hong Kong and Jenny Strasburg in London A former Bank of America Corp. banker charged with the brutal killing of two Indonesian women was found guilty of murder ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong jury convicts British banker of murdering two women

... convicted of murder Tuesday for killing two Indonesian women in Hong Kong, torturing one of them over three days while using cocaine in a gruesome case that shocked the Chinese financial hub. The nine-person jury returned unanimous verdicts against ... ( read original story ...)

British banker Rurik Jutting guilty of 2 grisly Hong Kong murders

A Hong Kong jury has convicted a British banker on two counts of murder in the 2014 killings of two Indonesian women in a gruesome case that shocked the Chinese financial hub. The nine-person jury returned their unanimous verdicts in the High Court on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

HSBC's strong core capital ratio boosts dividend outlook

HONG KONG HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L) on Monday posted a sharp jump in its core capital ratio to 13.9 percent at the end of the third quarter, even as reported pretax profit dropped sharply, bolstering the outlook for near-term dividend payments. The surge in ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC third-quarter pretax profit sinks 86 percent

HONG KONG HSBC (HSBA.L) reported a worse-than-expected 86 percent fall in pretax profit for the third quarter, as it accounted for the $1.7 billion in loss resulting from the sale of its Brazilian unit and adverse foreign currency movements. The bank's ... ( read original story ...)

HSBC Q3 pretax profit sinks 86 percent

HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC (HSBA.L) reported a worse-than-expected 86 percent fall in pretax profit for the third quarter, as it accounted for the $1.7 billion in loss resulting from the sale of its Brazilian unit and adverse foreign currency movements. ( read original story ...)

HSBC says profit up as cost-cutting advances

HONG KONG - HSBC Corp. says its latest quarterly profit rose nearly 7 per cent over a year earlier as the global bank cut costs and revenue rose. HSBC said Monday that its third-quarter profit was $5.6 billion. Revenue rose 2 per cent to $12.8 billion. ( read original story ...)