HONG KONG/LONDON, July 31 (IFR) - HSBC is to buy back US$2bn of its shares after reporting a 5% rise in half-year profits, and said repurchases of its stock could become a regular feature in the future.
HONG KONG, June 30 (IFR) - HSBC has finally been given the go-ahead from the China Securities Regulatory Commission for its securities joint venture in China, becoming the first foreign bank to receive approval for a majority-owned JV in the mainland.
MOSCOW/PRAGUE (Reuters) -Moscow expelled 20 Czech diplomats on Sunday in a confrontation over Czech allegations that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were behind an earlier explosion at a Czech ammunition depot that killed two people.