
HSBC to shed 50,000 jobs in quest for higher payouts
Yahoo - Reuters - 10 June 2015 By Lawrence White and Steve Slater HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC (HSBA.L) pledged a new era of higher dividends on Tuesday, laying out plans to slash nearly one in five jobs and shrink its investment bank by a third to combat sluggish growth across its sprawling empire. Chief Executive Stuart...

Re-evaluate risks of outdoor activities
As we mourn the loss of young Singaporean lives in the Sabah quake ("9 S'poreans feared dead in quake"; yesterday), it is also imperative that we ensure that the living are well taken care of. The event was traumatic for the youngsters who went on the Mount Kinabalu trip, as well as for those who have lost their friends as a...

Hong Kong testing two for MERS as worries grow
HONG KONG (Reuters, 11 Jun) - Hong Kong authorities were testing two people for possible Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Thursday as worry grew across the region about an outbreak in South Korea. The two Hong Kong people had both recently traveled to South Korea, said the clinic that was treating them. Thirty-one...
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