
* HSBC to report first half results Monday 0815 GMT * Profits seen at $12.5 bln, down 11 pct on yr after weak Q1 LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - HSBC is expected to report an 11 percent fall in profit on Monday for the first half of this year, hurt by falling revenues in a pared down busine
Aug 3 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc is urging Britain to delay its deadline for new rules forcing lenders to separate routine retail operations from riskier investment banking activities, until the outcome of an industrywide probe, Sky News reported on Sunday citing sources. HSBC Chairman D
Carillion plans to put Balfour Beatty in a "bear hug" to tempt Balfour's shareholders to support its attempted takeover, the Sunday Times said. Carillion last week scuppered a planned all-share merger when it backtracked on the agreed sale of Balfour's Parsons Brinckerhoff US design consultancy. Wit
Stay on the sidelines until Diageo chief executive Ivan Menezes has got a grip on his sprawling drinks empire, Danny Fortson advised in the Sunday Times. In his Inside the City column, Fortson said Menezes had inherited a business that was hard to control when he took over last July. The strong poun
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* Iliad bid $15 bln for 56.6 pct of T-Mobile US at $33/share * BNP, HSBC agree to lend up to $13 billion - sources * Iliad shares fall as analysts question wisdom, cost of bid * Shares in French rivals fall as consolidation hopes fade * Sprint has head start, higher offer
* Iliad shares down 7 pct, Orange down 2.2 pct * Bouygues down 4.5 pct * Iliad lines up deal financing with BNP, HSBC-sources * Iliad bid $15 bln for 56.6 percent of T-Mobile US at $33/share * Pressure on Bouygues to reconsider deal in France-analyst (Adds details, sourc
By Leila Abboud PARIS, Aug 1 (Reuters) - French telecoms company Iliad has lined up financing for its $15 billion bid for 56.6 percent of T-Mobile US from BNP Paribas and HSBC, three people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Lazard is advising Iliad on the potential transaction