HSBC misses expectations after accounting losses

1 March, 2010 (08:00) | Business, Finance | By: O.C.

LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC Holdings missed expectations with a $7.1 billion annual pretax profit as accounting losses masked record investment bank earnings and a late year slowdown in bad debts at its troubled U.S. business.
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