BLOOMBERG Countdown August 3, 2016
Welcome to countdown. I am anna edwards. Manus i am manus cranny. It is a big day for the bank. Hsbc profit falls 545 . We have seen the stock open portrayed in hong kong. They are planning a 2. 5 billion buyback. The removed the timetable. The headline, pretax trough it 3. 61 billion. Last year it was 6. 6 billion and the estimates were for 3. 9 billion. A recession potentially in the u. K. Impacting hsbc. If you want to think about it on this scale, since 2011 they slashed 87,000 jobs. That is a bank in restructuring. Downng in hong kong, 0. 75 . Anna this is from the thirdlargest bank. Net ...