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HSBC Holdings plc 1Q 2024 Earnings Release
30 Apr 2024
1Q Results 2024: “I’m pleased with our start to 2024. Our good profit performance has enabled us to continue the trend of rewarding our shareholders,” said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn.
HSBC Holdings plc Annual Results 2023
21 Feb 2024
Annual Results 2023: “Our record profit performance in 2023 enabled us to reward our shareholders with our highest full-year dividend since 2008,” said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn.
Completion of the sale of Retail Banking Business in France
01 Jan 2024
HSBC Continental Europe (HBCE) has completed the sale of its retail banking business in France to CCF.
HSBC pioneers Quantum protection for AI-powered FX trading
06 Dec 2023
HSBC has become the first bank to pioneer quantum protection for AI-powered foreign exchange trading.
HSBC Holdings plc 3Q 2023 Earnings Release
30 Oct 2023
3Q Results 2023: “We’ve had three consecutive quarters of strong financial performance and are on track to achieve our mid-teens return on tangible equity target for 2023,” said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn.
HSBC signs agreement to acquire Citi’s retail wealth management portfolio in China
11 Oct 2023
‘This investment will allow us to further build out our core wealth business in HSBC Bank China,’ said Nuno Matos, CEO, Wealth and Personal Banking.
HSBC plans climate tech funding push
20 Sep 2023
HSBC has announced plans to make available $1bn of financing to early-stage climate tech companies around the world.
HSBC announces plans for new joint venture with Tradeshift
01 Aug 2023
HSBC and B2B fintech Tradeshift have today announced an agreement to launch a new, jointly-owned business focused on the development of embedded finance solutions and financial services apps.
HSBC Holdings plc Interim Results 2023
01 Aug 2023
Interim Results 2023: “We have delivered a strong first half performance and are confident of achieving our revised mid-teens return on tangible equity target in 2023 and 2024,” said Group Chief Executive Noel Quinn.
HSBC becomes first bank to join the UK’s pioneering commercial quantum secure metro network
05 Jul 2023
HSBC is the first bank to join BT and Toshiba’s pioneering commercial quantum secure metro network, working in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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