Person: Jim Wood-Smith

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HSBC to announce profits up by a third

Banking group HSBC was announcing today that profits in 2003 had risen by more than a third to about £7.1bn (E10.6bn).

Mon, 01 Mar, 2004

US interest rate news to eclipse firms’ reports

THE British company reporting season goes into overdrive next week with a flood of high-profile firms announcing figures, but interest rate meetings on both sides of the Atlantic will monopolise investor attention.

Mon, 04 Nov, 2002

Spending cutback is main fear in city

City experts tonight forecast a nervous start to trading on the stock market today following the allies’ attacks on Afghanistan.

Mon, 08 Oct, 2001

Spending cutback is main fear in city

City experts tonight forecast a nervous start to trading on the stock market tomorrow following the allies’ attacks on Afghanistan.

Sun, 07 Oct, 2001